Franz Hals (1580?-1666). Dutch School of Haarlem. The Laughing Cavalier. (Wallace Collection, London). Should be called "Portrait of an Officer." Why and how it gained its present title, no one knows, On the back of the canvas are the words/letters/numbers: "Aeta Suae 26 Ao [superscript o] - 1624"

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