与此同时，在Gerard van Honthorst的生活中
完整生平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.
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.
1630s
Becomes a leading portrait painter
In the 1630s Honthorst turned to portraiture and became one of the leading portrait painters in the Netherlands; he also liked to paint peasants and musicians at play.
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
