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The Merry Fiddler, 1623.

Gerard van Honthorst (1590-1656), "караваджист"

Gerard van Honthorst was born in 1590. He came from an artistic family. Gerard, also known as Gerrit, became the most successful of the family's artists. Following a sojourn in Italy in the 1610s, he returned to Utrecht in 1620. He was a prominent representative of a group of painters that have become known as the Utrecht Caravaggists, Dutch followers of the Italian artist Caravaggio. The latter was especially known for his nocturnal scenes of candlelit figures. In the 1630s Van Honthorst acquired a name in court circles as a portrait painter, which led him to move to The Hague in 1637. In 1649 Van Honthorst was invited to paint part of the decoration of the Orange hall at the stadholder's palace ofHuis ten Bosch . In 1652 the artist returned to Utrecht, where he died four years later.

Anbetung der Hirten, 1622

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Der verlorene Sohn, 1623

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Dentist, 1622

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Samson and Delilah, 1615

 

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The Mocking of Christ,
1617, Oil on canvas, 146 x 207 cm cm, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

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The Denial of St Peter,
1622-24, Oil on canvas, 111 x 149 cm, Institute of Fine Arts, Minneapolis

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Childhood of Christ, 1620

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Solon and Croesus, 1624

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Allegory of the Vanity of Earthly Things

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The Liberation of St Peter, 1616-18

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1628

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bass viol, Happy Girl, 1630

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Woman Playing a Guitar

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Young woman with a medaillon

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Supper Party, 1619

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The Cardsharps

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Girl Blowing on Coal, Embraced by Her Lover
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Young Drinker

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Merry Musician with a Violin under his Left Arm
1624
Koelliker Collection

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the matchmaker

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the prodigal son

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Maria De Roodere And Her Parents

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Group On A Balcony

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Balcony

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Portrait of Frederik-Hendrik

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OraDet

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the concert

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Pan, Youths & Nymphs, ca. 1630

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