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Framed The Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals
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Framed The Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals
Product Overview:
- Proudly handmade in the USA
- Wood frame with mat, glass front, paper duster backing with wire hanger
- Museum quality Giclee digital print using archival paper and inks
- Standard size frame measures approx. 24" H x 21" W
- Poster size frame measures approx. 36" H x 31" W
Product Details:
The Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals is one of the Dutch Golden Age’s most celebrated portraits, renowned for its vitality and expressive detail. Despite the title, the subject is not truly laughing but wears a lively, confident smile that radiates personality and charm. Hals’s rapid, fluid brushwork brings immediacy to the sitter’s face, while the elaborate costume—embroidered with intricate patterns of flames, arrows, and lovers’ knots—suggests wealth, status, and perhaps romantic symbolism. Typical of Hals’s style, the portrait avoids stiffness, instead conveying spontaneity and character, making it one of the most engaging and enduring images of 17th-century portraiture.
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