Gerrit van Honthorst

The Violin Player

1107 detail signatuur en datering
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1107 ingelijst
1107 voorzijde
1107 voorzijde

Gerrit van Honthorst
The Violin Player

Expuesto en Sala 9

The Utrecht painter Van Honthorst lived for a while in Rome, where he was influenced by the work of Caravaggio. He caused a sensation with his night paintings, which gave him the nickname ‘Gherardo delle Notti’, Gerrit of the Nights. But he also made cheerful figure paintings, such as this enticing young woman.

Van Honthorst was one of the Utrecht Caravaggists, and his modern, dramatic style had a great influence on Dutch painting. When he became court painter to stadholder Frederik Hendrik, his style became gradually daintier.

Detalles técnicos
1107 voorzijde

Gerrit van Honthorst
The Violin Player

Expuesto en Sala 9

Gift of the Onderlinge Levensverzekering-Maatschappij ‘’s-Gravenhage’, The Hague, 1995
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Detalles

Información general
Artista Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1592 - 1656 Utrecht)
Título The Violin Player
Nombre del objeto painting
Número de inventario 1107
Expuesto en Sala 9
Material y detalles técnicos
Técnica oil
Material canvas
Dimensiones 84.5 x 66.1 cm
Inscripciones
Signed and dated upper right: GHonthorst. fe. i626

Origen

Possibly sale Jacques Langlier, Paris, 17 March 1812 (Lugt 8134), no. 84 (32 francs; without pendant); possibly sale Jules Porgès, Paris, 17/18 June 1924, no. 68 (with pendant no. 67); P. Tiocca, Paris, 1936; Lionel Hauser, Paris; sale London (Sotheby’s), 23 June 1937, no. 53a (for 240 pounds to Duval, with pendant no. 53b); Michel van Gelder, Uccle; by inheritance to W. van Gelder, Brussels, 1963; sale London (Phillips), 7 December 1993, no. 79 (with pendant no. 80); Bob Haboldt Gallery, Paris and New York, 1993-1995; gift of the Onderlinge Levensverzekering-Maatschappij '’s-Gravenhage’, The Hague, 1995