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Gerard van Honthorst · 1650
Gerard van Honthorst: 1592–1656
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Biography
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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Influenced by
- Abraham Bloemaerteditorial inference
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- Caravaggioeditorial inference
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Later influence
- Joseph Wright of Derbyeditorial inference
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- Jan Dirksz Botheditorial inference
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- Jan Botheditorial inference
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- Joachim von Sandrarteditorial inference
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Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Gerard van Honthorst. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Musée du Louvre5 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art3 recorded works
- Rijksmuseum3 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)3 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago2 recorded works
- Galleria Borghese1 recorded work
- Hamburger Kunsthalle1 recorded work
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Minneapolis Institute of Art1 recorded work
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts1 recorded work
- Staatliches Museum Schwerin1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Toledo Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Uffizi Galleries1 recorded work
Sources 10
- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Louvre painter identity and WikiArt profile links
