Adoration of the Shepherds
(1622)
Gerard Van Honthorst
(Utrecht, 1592 - 1656)
Luke 2:1-21
Gerard Van Honthorst
1592 - 1656
Utrecht, Netherland
Gerard van Honthorst (Gerrit van Honthorst) (4 November 1592 – 27 April 1656) 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"). 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 was born in Utrecht, the son of a decorative painter, and trained under his father, and then under Abraham Bloemaert.
Works of Gerard Van Honthorst
5 artworks found
Gerard Van Honthorst
(Utrecht, 1592 - 1656)
Mark 6:14-29
The Crowning with Thorns
(c1622)
Gerard Van Honthorst
(Utrecht, 1592 - 1656)
Mark 15
The Denial of Peter
(c1620)
Gerard Van Honthorst
(Utrecht, 1592 - 1656)
Mark 14:66-72
Gerard Van Honthorst
(Utrecht, 1592 - 1656)
Luke 2:22-40
Resources about Gerard Van Honthorst
Gerrit van Honthorst: A collection of 131 paintings
Gerrit van Honthorst trained first by his father, and then by Abraham Bloemaert and having completed his education, Honthorst went to Italy in 1616. In Rome, he lived in the palace of Vincenzo Giustin...
HONTHORST, Gerrit van (b. 1590, Utrecht, d. 1656, Utrecht)
Dutch painter (byname Gherardo della Notte), a leading member of the Utrecht school influenced by the Italian painter Caravaggio. He was born in Utrecht as the son of a textile painter. His younger br...
Wonderful – Honthorst’s 'Adoration of the Shepherds'
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerrit van Honthorst is one of the biggest crowd-pleasers in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum – and not only at Christmas time. The Dutch master’s intimate view of the Nat...