The Laughing Cavalier: Identity Revealed?
4,076 views · Published 7 November 2013 · 52:24 · Indexed 14 October 2026
Channel: The Wallace Collection · 2013 · Education
In this very special lecture from June 2013, Pieter Biesboer, Curator Emeritus of the Frans Hals Museum, proposed a solution to one of the Wallace Collection's greatest mysteries, the identity of The Laughing Cavalier. Listen to his case for one Tieleman Roosterman, a rich Haarlem merchant, and decide for yourself if the identity of the Museum's most famous resident has finally been revealed!
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