Biography
Gerard van Honthorst (1592–1656) — Dutch Golden Age painter (1592-1656).
Gerard van Honthorst worked as painter, printmaker, architectural drafter and visual artist and is associated with Dutch Republic. Their documented life spans the years 1592 to 1656; born and died in Utrecht. Their work is linked to Utrecht Caravaggism, Dutch Golden Age painting.
| Disciplines | painter, printmaker, architectural drafter, visual artist |
|---|---|
| Born | 1592, Utrecht |
| Died | 1656, Utrecht |
| Nationality | Dutch Republic |
| Movement | Utrecht Caravaggism, Dutch Golden Age painting |
Works
- Anna van den Corput
- Mocking of Jésus
- Portrait of an artist
- Solon before Croesus
- Portrait of Christina Pijll (b 1601). wife of Cornelis van Beveren
- A Wedding Feast
- Portrait of Sophie van de Palts (1630-1714), echtgenote van Ernst August I, keurvorst van Hannover
- Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, 'The 'Winter Queen' (1596–1662)
- An Old Woman
- A Woman tuning a lute
- Meleager and Atalante
- The Adoration of the Shepherds
- Prince Edward, Count Palatine (1625-1663)
- Portrait of a man
- Judgment of Midas.
- Apollo and Diana
- Diana and Two Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr (recto)
- Prince Charles Louis, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Bavaria (1617–1680)
- Portrait of Amalia van Solms
- Decorative Motifs with Garlands (verso)
- Portrait of a Lady of the Court as a Shepherdess
- Double Portrait of Frederik Hendrik (1584- 1647) and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602- 1675)
- Portrait of Willem II (1626-50), Prince of Orange
- Portrait of Willem van Beveren (1624-1672)
- Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image
- Portrait of Frederik Hendrik (1584 - 1647), Prince of Orange
- Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647)
- Portrait of a woman
- Princess Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange (1631 - 1660)
- Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange
- Frederick V, King of Bohemia and Elector Palatine
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Count Palatine, Duke of Cumberland (1619-1682)
- Christ before the High Priest
- Portrait of Emilia van Nassau-Beverweerd (ca.1635-1718)
- An Unknown Officer
- Woman with Lute
- Prince Rupert, Count Palatine
- Double portrait of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) and Johan Ernst van Nassau-Siegen (1618-1639)
- Hieronymus and Frederik Adolf van Tuyll van Serooskerken - 1641
- The Cardsharps
- William II, Prince of Orange (1626-50)
- A Musical Party
- Portrait of an officer
- Mars, God of War
- A merry group behind a balustrade with a violin and a lute player
- Supper with a Lute Player
- A Shepherdess Adorned with Flowers
- Portrait of Sophia, Princess Palatine, 1641
- The Procuress
- A Child Picking Fruit
- Portrait of Henriëtte Marie van de Palts (1626-1651)
- Princess Sophia, later Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714)
- Diana resting after the hunt, with shepherdesses and two greyhounds, a landscape beyond
- Putti with a wreath of flowers
- Portrait of Amalia van Solms (1602-1675)
- Christ at the column
- The Violin Player
- Princess Louise Hollandine, Princess Palatine, Abbess of Maubuisson, Pontoise (1622–1709)
- Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prince of Orange, his wife Amalia van Solms (1602-75) and their three youngest daughters, Albertina Agnes (1634-96), Henrietta Catharina (1637-1708) and Maria (
- Granida and Daifilo
- Portrait of William III, Prince of Orange, and Maria, Princess of Orange, as Children
- The Four eldest Children of the King and Queen of Bohemia
- King Charles I
- Jupiter in the Guise of Diana Seducing Callisto
- Portrait of Maria de' Medici
- The Soldier and the Girl
- The Concert
- Frederick Henry, prince of Orange and stadtholder
- Woman Playing the Guitar
- The Prodigal Son
- Diana with her Nymphs
- William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1606-1697)
- Samson and Delilah
- Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
- Princess Elizabeth, Princess Royal, Abbess of Hervorden (Hertford) (1618-1680)
- Couple making music behind a balustrade
- A Bacchic Young Man squeezing Grapes into a Cup (An Allegory of Taste?)
- Portrait of a woman, possibly Amalia Margaretha van Brederode (1626/27-1663/65)
- Susanna harassed by the Elders (Daniel 13:1-63)
- Singing Shepherdesses
- Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (The Agony in the Garden)
- The Mocking of Christ
- The Duet
- Adoration of the Shepherds
- The Denial of St. Peter
- Portrait of Daniel d' Ablain (1604-1652)
- Adoration of the Child
- Violin Player by Candlelight
- Portrait of Maria Strick (1618-1656)
- Merry Company
- Jacob de Witt
- Portrait of Louise Christina (1606-69), Countess of Solms-Braunfels
- Portrait of William, Earl of Craven
- Satyr and Nymph
- Margaretha Maria de Roodere (c. 1625-1666)
- The Merry Fiddler
- George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628) with his Family
- Triumph of Silenus
- King David Playing the Harp
- Portrait of Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651)
- St. Peter's release from prison by the angel
- Portrait of Elisabeth van Nassau-Beverweerd (1633-1718)
- A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1620-88), Elector of Brandenburg, and his wife Louise Henriette (1627-67), Countess of Orange-Nassau
- The happy Violinist
- Shepherdess with Doves
- Christ Crowned with Thorns
- Princess Henrietta Maria, Princess Palatine, Princess of Siebenbürgen, Transylvania (1626-1651)
- The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just
- Young Woman with a Candlestick, Old Woman and a Violin Player
- Willem II (1626-50), Prince of Orange, and his wife Maria Stuart (1631-60)
- Artemisia
- Convival Fellow
- Singing flute player
- Portrait of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Luise Henriette of Nassau
- Dinner with nuptials
- Shepherd playing the flute, and four shepherdesses
- Portrait of a man in armour
- Venus and Cupid
- Saint Sebastian
- Old woman examining a coin by a lantern
- Electress Elizabeth Stuart as Queen of Bohemia
- The Denial of Peter
- Portrait of an unknown man
- Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau (1627 - 1667)
- Solon and Croesus
- Portrait of an Unknown Lady
- Portrait of Edouard of Bavaria, Palatine Prince
- Lute Player
- Musical Group by Candlelight
- Concert on a Balcony
- The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
- Musical Group on a Balcony
- Portrait of an unknown woman
- Childhood of Christ
- Man with viola da gamba
- Portrait of Helena van Hoecklum tot Spaansweerd ( -1650)
- Electress Sophia, Princess Palatine, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (1630-1714)
- The Flea Hunt
- Portrait of een vrouw, mogelijk Anna Trajectina van Brederode (1625/26-1672), echgenote van George Hermann Reinhard, Graaf von Wied
- L'Arracheur de dents
- Diana and Four Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr
- Singing old woman
- Woman tuning a lute
- Smiling Young Man Squeezing Grapes
