Gerard van HonthorstNiederlande, 1592–1656Man bestijgt paard
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Amsterdam, Niederlande
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- RP-T-2015-52(V)
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- Bild: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
Im Leben von Gerard van Honthorst
Das ganze Leben1623
Marries and heads the Guild of St. Luke
In the year of his marriage Honthorst was president of the Guild of St. Luke in Utrecht.
1626
Hosts a dinner for Rubens
Honthorst hosted a dinner for Peter Paul Rubens and portrayed him in an allegory as the honest man sought and found by Diogenes.
1628
Invited to England by Charles I
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, sister of Charles I of England, then in exile in the Netherlands, commissioned paintings from Honthorst and engaged him as drawing master to her children; through her the king came to know him and invited him to England. In London he painted allegories and portraits of courtiers.
1635–1652
Opens a second studio in The Hague
Honthorst was so popular in the Netherlands that he opened a second studio in The Hague, where he painted portraits of members of the court and taught drawing; in his large studios many pupils and assistants also made replicas of his royal portraits.
1641
Court painter to the Prince of Orange
In The Hague Honthorst was appointed court painter to William, Prince of Orange.
27. April 1656
Died
![[Christus und die Samariterin; Christ and the Woman of Samaria. An Arched Print; La Samaritaine], Rembrandt, 1657](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/rembrandt-v3-4560/max/000001.jpg)
![[Die kleine Löwenjagd mit zwei Löwen; The Small Lion Hunt with Two Lions; Chasse aux lions], Rembrandt, 1629](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/rembrandt-v3-4599/max/000001.jpg)
