1800's Peek Frean & Co Ltd Biscuit Tin "The Laughing Cavalier" by Frans Hals Hinged Tin 8'x10"Peek Frean & Co Ltd Biscuit Manufacturer "THE LAUGHING CAVALIER" Painted Tin. measures approx. 8' X 10" X 3"  w/ hinged lid. The Condition is Good with some scratches & patinaThe Laughing Cavalier (1624) is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits".The title 'The Laughing Cavalier' was coined between 1875 and 1888, yet, as has often been pointed out, the sitter is neither laughing nor a cavalier. He wears a rich jacket embroidered with motifs common in emblem books of the time and symbolic of the pains and pleasures of love, including arrows, flaming cornucopia and lovers’ knots, which may suggest that the picture is a betrothal portrait. One of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits, the picture’s low viewpoint and swaggering pose contribute to its sense of monumentality.