The Jolly Toper is a 1629 oil painting by the Dutch artist Judith Leyster in the collection of the Rijksmuseum that is on long-term loan to the Frans Hals Museum since 1959.

[1] It was acquired by the museum as a painting by Frans Hals and was attributed to Leyster by the researcher Juliane Harms in 1927.

[1] The painting is signed and dated on the back wall above the tankard.

According to Hofrichter, the scene shows the popular Peeckelhaeringh figure in 17th-century comic plays.

[1] The Peeckelhaeringh or Pekelharing character is often shown as a "Kannenkijker", or jug-looker.