The 9
square puzzle using
a portion of the fine painting "The Laughing Cavalier" by Dutch artist Frans Hals (c1582/3-1666). When the
puzzle is
complete, you will jump to a 16 square puzzle with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square.
You can read about the artist below.
The 16
square puzzle using a portion of "The Laughing Cavalier" by Dutch artist Frans Hals. When the puzzle is
complete, you will jump to a 25
square puzzle with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square.
The 25
square
puzzle using a portion of "The Laughing Cavalier" by Dutch artist Frans Hals. When the puzzle is complete,
you will jump to a 36 square puzzle
with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square.
The 36
square
puzzle using a portion of "The Laughing Cavalier" by Dutch artist Frans Hals. It is getting to be very
difficult to complete!
When the puzzle is complete, you will jump to a 49 square puzzle with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square.
The 49 square puzzle using a portion of "The Laughing Cavalier" by Dutch artist Frans
Hals. This
puzzle is VERY hard. Congratulations if you succeed. The applet permits up to a ten square puzzle. If
there is any interest in my listing
a puzzle of greater difficulty,
drop me a
line and I'll add it in. You can read about the artist below.
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The image is the major portion of "The Laughing Cavalier" by one of the great masters ~ Dutch artist
Frans Hals (c 1582/3-1666). You
may see the
page and
the detail image
where I found it. However the image is on many other websites sites also in all its glory. You can see
it on the ArtArchive,
thanks to Mark Harden. Carol Gerten has
it on her fine CGFA site here along with many more images of Frans Hals portraiture. I was indeed astonished
at the number and quality of the Frans Hals images that are available on the WWW today to all who are
interested. For a listing of Frans Hals resources, check
here.
The original 1624 painting, 86 cm x
69 cm. in size, is in the Wallace Collection in London. I was interested to learn that we do not know today who "The Laughing Cavalier" in fact was. The
painting became known by that name only some 250 years after it was painted & the name of the fine
"cavalier" is lost to time. That it was painted in 1624 and that the gentleman was 26 years old at the time
is known from the inscription on the painting. It would seem that the artist was ignored for a great many
years. Only when
Lord Hertford purchased the painting in 1865 for the then enormous sum of 51,000 francs
did the art world begin to appreciate the
artist's brilliance. (It would be even more interesting
if someone could tell us what such a sum would be worth today so we might evaluate that cost in today's
currency.) My final comment
concerns the scan. The same painting in different scans looks entirely different! Check it out! The background
colour is amazingly different. I do NOT know which is the more accurate rendition of the painting having
never actually seen it. I used the one which to my eyes was the most pleasing.
For previous works of art that grace these pages, I have written more extensive words about the artist
and the featured work. In this case, I cannot possibly improve upon the WebMuseum
biography with all of
its detail & links to other Frans Hals works.
The java applet that runs the puzzle is courtesy of Axel Fontaine, who lived
just south of the city of Brussels in Belgium. Axel invited free use of his fine applet which you can, I hope,
download here. Axel, we thank you!
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