Gerrit van Honthorst
(1590-1656), ArtistSitter in 5 portraits
Artist associated with 51 portraits
Gerrit van Honthorst was a Dutch painter from Utrecht. He travelled to Italy in 1616, where he copied the naturalism and eccentricities of Caravaggio. Honthorst spent four years painting in Rome after which he returned to Utrecht and set up a successful painting school. The queen of Bohemia, sister of Charles I and electress palatine, an exile in the Netherlands, appointed him as drawing master to her children. He became known to her brother Charles, who in 1628 invited Honthorst to England to paint his portrait. In 1637, he became court painter to the princess of Orange and settled at The Hague.
published by Robert Sayer, published by John Bennett, after Gerrit van Honthorst, after Abraham van Blyenberch
mezzotint, circa 1774-1785 (circa 1617)
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published by Robert Sayer, published by John Bennett, after Gerrit van Honthorst, after Abraham van Blyenberch
mezzotint, circa 1774-1785 (circa 1617)
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Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine
by Charles Sherwin, published by John Stockdale, after Gerrit van Honthorst
stipple engraving, published 4 April 1787
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by James Holmes, after Gerrit van Honthorst
stipple engraving, published 1799
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by James Holmes, after Gerrit van Honthorst
stipple engraving, published 1799
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by Henry Bone, after Gerrit van Honthorst, after Abraham van Blyenberch
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, March 1814 (circa 1617)
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Lucy Russell (née Harington), Countess of Bedford
by Samuel Freeman, after Gerrit van Honthorst
stipple engraving, published 1815
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William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven
by Robert Cooper, after William Derby, after Gerrit van Honthorst
stipple engraving, published 1824
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William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven
by Robert Cooper, after William Derby, after Gerrit van Honthorst
stipple engraving, published 1824
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Anne Ker (née Stanley), Countess of Ancram
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Gerrit van Honthorst
pencil, pen and ink, 10 June 1839 (1638)
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Anne Ker (née Stanley), Countess of Ancram
probably by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Gerrit van Honthorst
pencil, pen and ink, circa 10 June 1839 (1638)
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