Gerrit van Honthorst

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Gerrit van Honthorst was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his dramatic use of chiaroscuro and nocturnal scenes influenced by Caravaggio.

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Gerrit van Honthorst canonical 4
Gerard van Honthorst 1

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instanceOf Dutch Golden Age painter
human
painter
alternateName Gerard van Honthorst NERFINISHED
Gherardo delle Notti
artisticStyle Caravaggisti
surface form: Caravaggism
birthDate 1592-11-04
birthPlace Dutch Republic
Utrecht
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
deathDate 1656-04-27
deathPlace Utrecht NERFINISHED
educatedBy Abraham Bloemaert NERFINISHED
employedBy Charles I of England
House of Orange-Nassau
fieldOfWork painting
genre allegorical painting
genre painting
history painting
portrait painting
religious painting
influencedBy Caravaggio
Italian Baroque painting
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
Italian
livedIn Rome
memberOf Utrecht Caravaggism
surface form: Utrecht Caravaggisti
movement Baroque
Dutch Golden Age
name Gerrit van Honthorst NERFINISHED
notableFor candlelit scenes
dramatic use of chiaroscuro
nocturnal scenes
notableWork Adoration of the Shepherds
Christ Before the High Priest
King Charles I and Henrietta Maria with their two eldest children
Merry Company with a Lute Player
The Concert
The Denial of Saint Peter
The Matchmaker
The Procuress
The Triumph of Silenus
periodOfActivity early 17th century
mid 17th century
positionHeld court painter
residence Utrecht NERFINISHED
signatureStyle strong contrasts of light and shadow
workLocation Rome
The Hague
Utrecht NERFINISHED

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Caravaggisti hasNotableMember Gerrit van Honthorst
Abraham Bloemaert notableStudent Gerrit van Honthorst
this entity surface form: Gerard van Honthorst
Elizabeth of Bohemia portraitArtist Gerrit van Honthorst
van Baburen sharesArtisticCommunityWith Gerrit van Honthorst
subject surface form: Dirck van Baburen
Utrecht Caravaggism hasNotableArtist Gerrit van Honthorst