Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch Golden Age painter, 1592-1656. Known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, nicknamed Gherardo delle Notti. Gerardus Honthorst. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his L’Academia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

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