> Priority:      NORMAL
> Date:          Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:41:20 +0100
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> From:          "sibylle.beck" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:       Honthurst
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> Attn: Roger Smith
>
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> If you were looking for prints of Gerrit Honthurst I think
> I have to disappoint you. We only hold reproductions of the
> paintings you mentioned in your e-mail dated 7.9.2000.
> If you are interested in photos of the paintings, please
> let me know.
> Have you already contacted the Prints & Drawing Department
> of the British Museum?
>


Honthurst ?

Shouldn't that be: Gerrit van Honthorst ??

Utrecht school

Principally a group of three Dutch painters--Dirck van Baburen (c. 1590-1624),
Gerrit van Honthorst (1590-1656), and Hendrik Terbrugghen (1588-1629)--who went
to Rome and fell fully under the pervasive influence of Caravaggio's art before
returning to Utrecht. Although none of them ever actually met Caravaggio (d.
1610), each had access to his paintings, knew his former patrons, and was
influenced by the work of his follower Bartholomeo Manfredi (1580-1620/21),
especially his half-length figural groups, which were boldly derived from
Caravaggio and occasionally passed off as the deceased master's works.

Back in the Netherlands the "Caravaggisti" were eager to demonstrate what they
had learned. Their subjects are frequently religious ones, but brothel scenes
and pictures in sets, such as five works devoted to the senses, were popular
with them also. The numerous candles, lanterns, and other sources of artificial
light are characteristic and further underscore the indebtedness to Caravaggio.

Although Honthorst enjoyed the widest reputation at the time, painting at both
the Dutch and English courts, Terbrugghen is generally regarded as the most
talented and versatile of the group.

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