Musical Scene

1625·black ink wash over pen and brown ink and black chalk over graphite on gray-brown paper with white heightening, incised·Support: 23.3 x 26.8 x 0.3 cm (9 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 1/8 in.); Image: 17.3 x 20.2 cm (6 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund

Catalogue

Year: 1625
Medium: black ink wash over pen and brown ink and black chalk over graphite on gray-brown paper with white heightening, incised
Dimensions: Support: 23.3 x 26.8 x 0.3 cm (9 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 1/8 in.); Image: 17.3 x 20.2 cm (6 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist: Gerard van Honthorst

Artist

Gerard van Honthorst

Painting

Gerard "Gerrit" van Honthorst was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the Italian nickname Gherardo delle Notti. 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's contemporaries included Utrecht painters Hendrick ter Brugghen and Dirck van Baburen.

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