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Who is shown in Frans Halsâs painting Malle Babbe?
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Frans Hals
The Merry Toper, oil on canvas by Frans Hals, c. 1628â30; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
In the painting Malle Babbe (c. 1630â33), Frans Hals portrays an old madwoman laughing, with an owl perched on her shoulder.1