🖌️🎨 Gerrit van Honthorst (1590 – 1656)

 🖌️🎨 Gerrit van Honthorst (1590 – 1656) was a Dutch artist of the Golden Age and a prominent representative of the Utrecht school. 🖼️ "Shepherdess Holding Plums"
Circa 1623
🖼️ "The Lute Player"
1624
🖼️ "The Laughing Violinist"
1624
🖼️ "Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image"
1625
🖼️ "Allegory of Love"
🖼️ "The Proposal of Love"
🖼️ "The Merry Violinist"
1625
The works demonstrate the influence of Caravaggesque, particularly in the use of light and shadow.




















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