Gerard van honthorst biography

Hendrick ter brugghen Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch: Gerrit van Honthorst; 4 November – 27 April ) [1] was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the nickname Gherardo delle Notti ("Gerard of the Nights"). [1].

Dutch renaissance painting Gerrit van Honthorst (born November 4, , Utrecht, Dutch Republic [now in the Netherlands]—died April 27, , Utrecht) was a Dutch painter, a leading member of the Utrecht school influenced by the Italian painter Caravaggio.

Ranuccio tomassoni Gerrit van Honthorst was born in Utrecht in to a large Catholic family. His father, Herman van Honthorst, was a tapestry designer and a founding member of the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in After training with the Utrecht painter Abraham Bloemaert (–), Honthorst traveled to Rome, where he is first documented in [1].

The procuress honthorst Gerard van Honthorst (November 4, - April 27, ), 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.

Dutch golden age Gerrit van Honthorst worked in two radically different styles, which was unusual for a 17th-century painter: first creating dramatically lit works that followed in the footsteps of Michelangelo da Caravaggio, then specializing in allegorical portraiture as a court artist.

Van hoth horst paintings

BIOGRAPHY Gerrit van Honthorst was born in Utrecht in to a large Catholic family. His father, Herman van Honthorst, was a tapestry designer and a founding member of the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in After training with the Utrecht painter Abraham Bloemaert (–), Honthorst traveled to Rome, where he is first documented in [1].

Biography. Dutch painter (byname Gherardo della Gerard van Honthorst (Gerrit van Honthorst) (4 November – 27 April ) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the nickname Gherardo delle Notti ("Gerard of the nights").

The son of a Gerard van Honthorst and workshop. Double portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm I, Grand Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Louise Henriette of Oranje-Nassau () label QS:Len,"Double portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm I, Grand Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Louise Henriette of Oranje-Nassau ()".