
Gerard van HonthorstPays-Bas, 1592–1656Peut-on la contempler ?
Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie
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1622
The Guild of St. Luke and a drawing academy
Honthorst was admitted to the Guild of St. Luke and the same year opened a drawing academy in Utrecht, in fact a small studio for visiting pupils. According to Joachim von Sandrart, his pupil in the mid-1620s, the master taught about 24 students at a time, each paying 100 guilders a year.
1623
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.