Gerard (Gerrit ) van Honthorst (1590-1656) ✽ Dutch painter

Thank you everyone for watching and for comments! ༺❀༻ All the best! Gerard Van Honthorst (1590-1656) Holland barokk festő Gerard van Honthorst (Gerrit van Honthorst) (4 November 1592 – 27 April 1656)[1] was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became especially noted for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the nickname Gherardo delle Notti (“Gerard of the nights“).[1] 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.