1592 - 1656
Portrait of a Gentleman

Oil on wooden panel
Image size: 29 x 23 inches (73.5 x 58.5 cm)
Contemporary gilt frame

 

Gerard van Honthorst was a Dutch Golden Age Painter. 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.