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Gerard van Honthorst
(November 4, 1592 - April 27, 1656), also known as Gerrit van Honthorst and Gherardo della Notte, was a Dutch painter of Utrecht. He was brought up at the school of Abraham Bloemaert, who exchanged the style of the Franckens for that of the pseudo-Italians at the beginning of the 16th century.
Margareta Maria de Roodere and Her Parents by Gerrit van Honthorst (1652) Oil on canvas, 140 x 170 cm. Centraal Museum, UtrechtInfected thus early with a mania which came to be very general in the Netherlands, Honthorst went to Italy in 1616, where he copied the naturalism and eccentricities of Michelangelo da Caravaggio. Home again about 1620, after acquiring a considerable practice in Rome, he set up a school at Utrecht which flourished exceedingly. Together with his colleague Hendrick ter Brugghen, he represented the so-called Dutch Caravaggisti. In 1623 he was president of his gild at Utrecht, where he had married his cousin. He soon became so fashionable that Sir Dudley Carleton, then English envoy at The Hague, recommended his works to the earl of Arundel and Lord Dorchester. In 1626 he received a visit from Rubens, whom he painted as the honest man sought for and found by Diogenes.
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Painting ID:: 74953
The Concert, Detail
1626 - 1630
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 74957
Young Drinker
17th century
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 74990
Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene
1625
Oil on canvas
31 15/16 x 25 5/16 in. (81.2 x 64.3 cm)
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Painting ID:: 76543
Young Drinker
17th century
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions ? ?? cm
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Painting ID:: 76708
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, with His Wife Amalia van Solms and Their Three Youngest Daughters
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, with His Wife Amalia van Solms and Their Three Youngest Daughters.
ca. 1647(1647)
Oil on canvas
263.5 ?? 347.5 cm (103.7 ?? 136.8 in)
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Gerard van Honthorst
(November 4, 1592 - April 27, 1656), also known as Gerrit van Honthorst and Gherardo della Notte, was a Dutch painter of Utrecht. He was brought up at the school of Abraham Bloemaert, who exchanged the style of the Franckens for that of the pseudo-Italians at the beginning of the 16th century.
Margareta Maria de Roodere and Her Parents by Gerrit van Honthorst (1652) Oil on canvas, 140 x 170 cm. Centraal Museum, UtrechtInfected thus early with a mania which came to be very general in the Netherlands, Honthorst went to Italy in 1616, where he copied the naturalism and eccentricities of Michelangelo da Caravaggio. Home again about 1620, after acquiring a considerable practice in Rome, he set up a school at Utrecht which flourished exceedingly. Together with his colleague Hendrick ter Brugghen, he represented the so-called Dutch Caravaggisti. In 1623 he was president of his gild at Utrecht, where he had married his cousin. He soon became so fashionable that Sir Dudley Carleton, then English envoy at The Hague, recommended his works to the earl of Arundel and Lord Dorchester. In 1626 he received a visit from Rubens, whom he painted as the honest man sought for and found by Diogenes.
. Related Artists to Gerard van Honthorst: | Egon Schiele | Henry Roderick Newman | Jules Lefebvre | Jacques Linard | Richard Paton |
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