Frans Hals, Portrait of an Officer
Golden, 1970s(?), Masterpiece Series
1505 pieces
27"x33"
purchased sealed (complete) from ebay ($15.75)
Difficulty level: Not nearly as hard as the last Masterpiece Series I built, since now I knew about the pattern and how the specific pieces fit together.
Right around here I was facing several hundred pieces of varying shades of brown, and decided to save myself some sanity and sorted all the remaining pieces by shape. Once that was done, completing the rest was pretty simple, since for the most part each row across is made up of two types of pieces.
Once all the non-standard pieces were in place, it was fairly easy to slot the final pile of standard peg-hole-peg-hole pieces.
A spectacular puzzle. The fit is incredible, the image is wonderful, and quality is top-notch. There are eleven in this series that I know of, but I hadn't seen this one until this copy popped up on ebay. I would love to get all the rest, if I can find them sealed.
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