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Gerrit van Honthorst, A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand
Purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society, Julius Lewis and the Rhoades Foundation, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan in memory of Alice Welsh Skilling and in honor of Marlene Welsh Phillips and Martha Wolff, Anne Searle Bent in honor of Martha Wolff, and Scott, Lynda, Jonathan, Shiran,… · Art Institute of Chicago, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Gerrit van Honthorst

A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand

1621–22

Current Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.5 × 64.5 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-107280

A work made of oil on canvas.

Provenance

Purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society, Julius Lewis and the Rhoades Foundation, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan in memory of Alice Welsh Skilling and in honor of Marlene Welsh Phillips and Martha Wolff, Anne Searle Bent in honor of Martha Wolff, and Scott, Lynda, Jonathan, Shiran,…

Registry history

  • 1621–22 — Recorded in the collection of Art Institute of Chicago

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