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Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals[edit]

Original - Laughing Cavalier (1624) by Frans Hals, currently in the Wallace Collection
Reason
High resolution portrait of this unknown 26-year-old man portrayed by Dutch painter Frans Hals. The embroidery on his clothes and the lace of his collar are painted in much detail.
Articles this image appears in
Frans Hals, Laughing Cavalier, 1600-1650 in fashion, The Laughing Cavalier (novel), 1625 in art
Creator
Frans Hals
  • Support as nominator --Rubenescio (talk) 08:51, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The claimed source has a completely different rendition: different white balance, more canvas (?) texture. Either someone has heavily edited this without saying so, or it's come from somewhere else. FWIW, Jlorenz1 is the uploader. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 00:17, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I have notified the user on Commons, and the English and German Wikipedia. Rubenescio (talk) 08:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted MER-C 10:32, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]