Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals

 
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


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