http://www.vincesear.com/frans-hals/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.vincesear.com/frans-hals/#comment-121 admin Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:10:20 +0000 http://www.vincesear.com/frans-hals/#comment-121 I agree, Laurie, and I think it's funny that the painting is called "Laughing Cavalier." You're right, I'm sure attempting to stay still for a portrait and trying to hold back a laugh is no easy thing, and any second the cavalier probably bursts out in laughter. I agree, Laurie, and I think it’s funny that the painting is called “Laughing Cavalier.” You’re right, I’m sure attempting to stay still for a portrait and trying to hold back a laugh is no easy thing, and any second the cavalier probably bursts out in laughter.

]]> http://www.vincesear.com/frans-hals/#comment-119 Laurie Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:55:48 +0000 http://www.vincesear.com/frans-hals/#comment-119 dan, i agree 100% about the laughing cavalier. looks like the painter (artist?) caught the moment when he was stifling a laugh...? you know when we need to be still and not laugh, but that makes us laugh even more? possibly the subject was self conscious, just posing..... i guess it was hard to do that. and maybe this guy was a very jovial loud person, and for him to sit down for that long, silently, was hard. but to portray that in a painting, is a talent that is beyond me. dan, i agree 100% about the laughing cavalier. looks like the painter (artist?) caught the moment when he was stifling a laugh…? you know when we need to be still and not laugh, but that makes us laugh even more? possibly the subject was self conscious, just posing….. i guess it was hard to do that. and maybe this guy was a very jovial loud person, and for him to sit down for that long, silently, was hard. but to portray that in a painting, is a talent that is beyond me.

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