Gerard van Honthorst

Dutch Golden Age painter (1592-1656)
Person Human Q314548
Gerard van Honthorst
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Facts

31 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
November 4, 1592
Date of death
April 27, 1656
Place of birth
Utrecht
Place of death
Utrecht
Country of citizenship
Dutch Republic[9]
Field of work
painting[10]
Position held
court painter[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Dutch[48]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired, copyrights on works have expired
Family name
Honthorst[26]
Given name
Gerrit[27]
Has works in the collection
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Städel Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, National Museum of World Cultures, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Amsterdam Museum, Centraal Museum, Mauritshuis, Rijksmuseum, Frans Hals Museum, Fries Museum, Hessen Kassel Heritage, Museum Catharijneconvent, Uffizi Gallery, National Gallery, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Walters Art Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Statens Museum for Kunst, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum, National Museum in Warsaw, Saint Louis Art Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Museum Wiesbaden, National Portrait Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Princeton Art Museum, Alte Pinakothek, Worcester Art Museum, Ashdown House, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Pomeranian State Museum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Fitzwilliam Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Cleveland Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum der bildenden Künste, Dayton Art Institute, Seattle Art Museum, National Gallery of Ireland, Toledo Museum of Art, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Museum Arnhem, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, museum Huis Bergh, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Milwaukee Art Museum, Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Galleria Borghese, Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery, National Museum in Lublin, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum De Lakenhal, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Elisabeth Orphanage Museum, Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Royal Collections of the Netherlands, Führermuseum, National Art Gallery of the Netherlands, Electoral Gallery Dusseldorf, Lambert van Meerten Museum, Musée de l'Histoire de France, Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Frederiksborg Palace, Zuylen Castle, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Dordrechts Museum, Schloss Weißenstein, Victoria and Albert Museum, Bolton Museum, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Government Art Collection, Audley End House, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Amerongen Castle, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kurpfälzisches Museum, Musea Brugge, Wellcome Collection, Kunstmuseum Basel, British Dental Museum, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, ReMO - Regionalmuseum Oberhavel, Weston Park, Lamport Hall, Hatchlands Park, Dunham Massey Hall, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, Liege Fine Arts Museum, Duivenvoorde Castle, Museum of Warmia and Masuria, Royal Collection, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Netherlands Photo Museum
Member of
Honthorst Brothers[16]
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Name in native language
Gerard van Honthorst
Nickname
Gherardo della Notte, Gherardo delle Notti, Gérard de la Nuit, Gérard des Nuits
Partner in business or sport
Willem van Honthorst[35]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gerard de la Notte en Geraldi en Gerald del Notte en genannt de la Notte G. Hondhort en Gerado dalle Notti en G. De Notte en called Gerardo Dalle Notte Gerard Honthorst en Carado en C. della Notte en Chirardo en C. Honthorst en della Note en della Notte en Della Nottee en Delle Notte en Delle Notti Honthorst en dit de la Note Gérard Honthorst en dit Gerardo delle notte G. Honthorst en Fiamingo della notte en G. da Lanoti
🔖 Identifiers · 134
VIAF cluster ID
17494224
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr96007892
GND ID
118983431
ARTIC artist ID
26935
AbART person ID
59132
American Academy in Rome ID
11817623
Art Renewal Center artist ID
647
Artcyclopedia artist ID
honthorst_gerrit_van
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Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
gerard-van-honthorst
Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre
3357-HONTHORST-Gerrit-van
Artist-info artist ID
305656
Artnet artist ID
gerrit-van-honthorst
Artsy artist ID
gerrit-van-honthorst
Benezit ID
B00089306
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14960037v, 119452729
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
15003863
Boijmans artist ID
8731
Bridgeman artist ID
1328
British Museum person or institution ID
31972
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01319046
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11324681
Christie's creator ID
59422
CiNii Research ID
1140845216732786816
Cyprus University of Technology ID
113904
DDB person (GND) ID
118983431
DFK Paris person ID
0010000191
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118983431
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
118983431
DigitaltMuseum ID
021036375700, 021039688267
Discogs artist ID
2304384
ECARTICO person ID
3817
Enciclopedia di Roma person ID
1143
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Gerrit-van-Honthorst
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
gerrit-van-honthorst
Europeana entity
agent/base/150493
FAST ID
371406
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_118983431
Freebase ID
/m/03f_3c
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004309339707141
Geni profile ID
6000000077263012825
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m03f_3c
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
gerrit-honthorst
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0032910
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Gerrit_van_Honthorst
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4696415
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
khontkhorst-gerrit-van-323034
Grove Art Online ID
T038821
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/793029229816
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
26089
IdRef ID
027403122
Invaluable.com person ID
9buxpgio8h
J. Paul Getty Museum agent DOR ID (old)
541
J. Paul Getty Museum agent ID
person/103JYX
J9U entity ID
987007442023105171
Joconde author ID
T513-30717
KSW person ID
38215
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118983431
Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
2504
Libris-URI
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McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
H/honthorst-gerard
Met Constituent ID
165437
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
733
Museo del Prado artist ID
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Museum-digital person/organization ID
960
MutualArt artist ID
66C9631A73488094
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA12716906
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002153749
NMVW ID
76847
NNDB people ID
794/000103485
NSK (VIAF) ID
000755765
NUKAT ID
n2011144350
National Gallery of Art artist ID
4378
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
13831
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810702259405606
National Library of Portugal ID
246845
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX845960
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp07124
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070560153
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
12285
Nederlands Fotomuseum ID
1307
Norwegian National Museum producer ID
57223
Obálky knih ID
ola2002153749
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3912615
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095943876
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
4800
Pinakothek artist ID
XA9xl8gxWv
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
26989
RA Collections ID
14803
RERO ID (legacy)
A013991143
RILM ID
226712
RKDartists ID
39445
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
52610
SEARCH on line catalogue ID
26148
SELIBR ID
358799
SHARE Catalogue author ID
726625
SNAC ARK ID
w6rf7bqb
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
2946
Sandrart.net person ID
67
Städel Museum artist ID
honthorst-gerrit-van
Svenska Institutet i Rom ID
52276
Te Papa agent ID
58310
Thyssen-Bornemisza artist ID
283
Topic's main category
Category:Gerard van Honthorst
Union List of Artist Names ID
500051681
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
279216
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058614761506706
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/47081
Web Gallery of Art artist ID
h/honthors
Web umenia creator ID
4051
Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon
Gerard_van_Honthorst
Wellcome Collection concept ID
r9fcsbpe
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJv4gxftJq3TQ3CprrwDMP
YCBA agent ID
3120

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Occupation 4
Students 3
Movement 2
Country of citizenship 1
Field of work 1
Given name 1
Influenced 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Notable work 1
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Place of birth 1
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Summary

Gerard van Honthorst was born on November 4, 1592[1], in Utrecht[2]. He died on April 27, 1656[3], in Utrecht[4]. He worked as a painter[5], architectural drafter[6], printmaker[7], and visual artist[8].

Why It Matters

Gerard van Honthorst has been cited as an influence by Joseph Wright of Derby[49], a painter[50], 1734–1797[51], of Kingdom of Great Britain[52], specialised in painting[53].

FAQs

Where was Gerard van Honthorst born?

Gerard van Honthorst's place of birth was Utrecht[2].

Where did Gerard van Honthorst die?

Gerard van Honthorst died in Utrecht[4].

What did Gerard van Honthorst do for work?

Gerard van Honthorst worked as a painter[5], architectural drafter[6], printmaker[7], and visual artist[8].

Who did Gerard van Honthorst influence?

Gerard van Honthorst has been cited as an influence by Joseph Wright of Derby[49].

References

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  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  4. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 7d ago · Hannolans · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added reference: Has works in the collection: Netherlands Photo Museum, #temporary_batch_1793533359895"
  2. 7d ago · Hannolans · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago +111
    "Created claim: Has works in the collection: Netherlands Photo Museum, #temporary_batch_1793533359895"
  3. 8d ago · Hannolans · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago +111
    "Removed claim: Has works in the collection: Netherlands Photo Museum, #temporary_batch_1793533080647"
  4. 8d ago · Hannolans · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nederlands Fotomuseum ID → 1307
    "Created claim: Nederlands Fotomuseum ID: 1307, #temporary_batch_1793525705228"
  5. 11d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon → Gerard_van_Honthorst
    "Created claim: Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon: Gerard_van_Honthorst, batch #292500"
  6. 23d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago +111
    "Changed [nb] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: other names, source for place of birth, source for place of death from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot"
  7. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    KSW person ID → 38215
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  9. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → painter, architectural drafter, printmaker +1
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