Artist
Gerard van Honthorst
Dutch, 1592–1656
Gerard van Honthorst was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 73 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Gerard van Honthorst was born in Utrecht.
The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just
Een vrolijke vioolspeler
Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prince of Orange, his wife Amalia van Solms (1602-75) and their three youngest daughters, Albertina Agnes (1634-96), Henrietta Catharina (1637-1708) and Maria (1642-88)
The Concert
Samson and Delilah
Satyr and Nymph
Gerard "Gerrit" van Honthorst (4 November 1592 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the Italian nickname Gherardo delle Notti ("Gerard of the Nights"). Early in his career he visited Rome, where he had great success painting in a style influenced by Caravaggio. Following his return to the Netherlands he became a leading portrait painter. Van Honthorst's contemporaries included Utrecht painters Hendrick ter Brugghen and Dirck van Baburen.
Works by Gerard van Honthorst
- The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just
- Een vrolijke vioolspeler
- Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prince of Orange, his wife Amalia van Solms (1602-75) and their three youngest daughters, Albertina Agnes (1634-96), Henrietta Catharina (1637-1708) and Maria (1642-88)
- The Concert
- Samson and Delilah
- Satyr and Nymph
Young Woman with a Candlestick, Old Woman and a Violin Player
Willem II (1626-50), Prince of Orange, and his wife Maria Stuart (1631-60)
Friedrich Wilhelm (1620-88), Elector of Brandenburg, and his wife Louise Henriette (1627-67), Countess of Orange-Nassau
Portrait of an officer
Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange
Portrait of Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prince of Orange
Portrait of Frederik Hendrik (1584 - 1647), Prince of Orange
Portrait of Willem II (1626-50), Prince of Orange
Portrait of a woman
Portrait of an artist
The Merry Fiddler
Christ Crowned with Thorns
A merry group behind a balustrade with a violin and a lute player
Collections represented
Movements & circles
Featured in a course
- Young Woman with a Candlestick, Old Woman and a Violin Player
- Willem II (1626-50), Prince of Orange, and his wife Maria Stuart (1631-60)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1620-88), Elector of Brandenburg, and his wife Louise Henriette (1627-67), Countess of Orange-Nassau
- Portrait of an officer
- Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange
- Portrait of Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prince of Orange
- Portrait of Frederik Hendrik (1584 - 1647), Prince of Orange
- Portrait of Willem II (1626-50), Prince of Orange
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