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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Gerard van Honthorst
1592–1656 · Dutch Republic
- Born
- 1592 · Utrecht
- Died
- 1656 · Utrecht
40 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Gerard van Honthorst, a Dutch Golden Age painter, became known for his artificially lit scenes, earning the Italian nickname Gherardo delle Notti. After early success in Rome, where he painted in a style influenced by Caravaggio, he became a leading portrait painter in the Netherlands.
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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.
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Registered works
40
In museum collections
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In gallery collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Gerard van Honthorst
Selected from 40 works by Gerard van Honthorst in the Collect24 Registry.
Gerard van Honthorst
Sater en nimf, 1623
canvas
104 × 131 cm
Rijksmuseum
C24-117102
Gerard van Honthorst
Frederick Henry, his Consort Amalia of Solms, and their Three Youngest Daughters, c. 1647
canvas
263.5 × 347.5 cm
Rijksmuseum
C24-112526
Gerard van Honthorst
Een vrolijke vioolspeler, 1623
canvas
107.2 × 88.3 cm
Rijksmuseum
C24-107208
Gerard van Honthorst
Saint Sebastian, 1623
oil paint
101 × 117 cm
National Gallery
C24-363125
Gerard van Honthorst
Portrait of Amalia van Solms (1602-1675), 1650
paint
85 × 83 cm
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
C24-463641
Gerard van Honthorst
Portrait of Maria de' Medici, 1638
oil paint
299 × 198 cm
Amsterdam Museum
C24-458459
Gerard van Honthorst
Lute Player, 1624
oil paint
84 × 66.5 cm
Hermitage Museum
C24-426466
Gerard van Honthorst
young mother with 2 children, 1649
69 × 93 cm
Munich Central Collecting Point
C24-410523
Gerard van Honthorst
Weibliches Bildnis mit Orangenzweig und Zitronen, 1649
69 × 93 cm
Munich Central Collecting Point
C24-410521
Gerard van Honthorst
Christina Pijl (1601-1652), 1642
oil paint
73.3 × 60 cm
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection
C24-314639
Gerard van Honthorst
Princess Sophia, later Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714), 1648
oil paint
74.2 × 59.8 cm
Royal Collection
C24-284534
Gerard van Honthorst
Kong Albrecht overrækker den svenske krone til dronning Margrethe I i 1389, 1637-1737
Pen, blæk og blyant på papir
46.6 × 59.8 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-261609
Museums and collections
Where works by Gerard van Honthorst are registered
- National Trust
United Kingdom
12 works
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
10 works
- Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
5 works
- Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection
Netherlands
3 works
- Munich Central Collecting Point
allied-occupied Germany
2 works
- National Gallery
United Kingdom
2 works
- Amsterdam Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1 work
- Bavarian State Painting Collections
Germany
1 work
- Detroit Institute of Arts
United States
1 work
- Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Germany
1 work
- Hermitage Museum
Russia
1 work
- Royal Collection
United Kingdom
1 work
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