Laughing Boy with Flute Laughing Boy with Flute Laughing Boy with a Flute is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in the early 1620s. This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote "31. A LAUGHING BOY WITH A FLUTE. M. 240. Half-length, in profile to the left. The head is three-quarters left. The long hair falls in disorder. The lips are parted, showing the teeth. On the left the flute is held upright in the right hand. The eyes look to the left and slightly upward. Lifelike colour in the face. Circular panel, n| inches
Laughing Cavalier modified showing the Laughing Cavalier enjoying the beer. In the "Scarlet Pimpernel" adventure series by Emma Orczy, "The Laughing Cavalier" is a prequel recounting the story of the supposed subject of the painting, who is an ancestor of her main hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy Blakeney. The "eyes following you round the room" trope has long been a stand-by in British comedy, used by Pete and Dud in "The Art Gallery", among many others, sometimes in the form of a portrait with cut-away eyes that can be used as a peephole. Laughing Cavalier The Laughing Cavalier (1624) is a