#Gerard van Honthorst

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Jupiter in the Guise of Diana Seducing Callisto, ca. 1650. Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656)

Diana and Callisto, ca. 1745. Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713-1789)

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-Samson and Delilah-

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Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch,1592-1656)

Musical Group on a Balcony, 1622

oil on canvas

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Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656) Saint Sebastian, ca.1623 Sebastian was a Roman centurion, who was discovered to be a Christian and was sentenced to death by Emperor Diocletian. He was bound to a stake and shot with arrows. He was left for dead, although the arrows had not killed him and he was eventually stoned to death. The story is taken from the 'Golden Legend'.

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The Violin Player (1626) by Gerard van Honthorst

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Musical Group on a Balcony (1622), by Gerard van Honthorst

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Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656)

A Laughing Violinist, circa 1624

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Title: Christ seated on the cold stone

Artist: Gerard van Honthorst

Date: 1614

Style: Baroque

Genre: Religious Painting

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Gerard van Honthorst

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Portrait Of Sophia, Princess Palatine (Gerard van Honthorst, 1641)

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Diana with Her Nymphs by Gerard van Honthorst (1650)

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-The Merry Fiddler-

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Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch,1592-1656)

The Concert, 1623

oil on canvas

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The Happy Violinist, Gerard van Honthorst, ca. 1624

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Christ seated on the cold stone (1614) by Gerard van Honthorst

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Christ Before the High Priest

Artist: Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656)

Date: c. 1617

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: National Gallery, London

Description

The painting depicts a scene from the canonical gospels concerning the Passion of Jesus, specifically Jesus's questioning by the Jewish religious authorities.

The gospels describe how, after his initial capture, Jesus was brought before Caiaphas – a high priest in the Jewish Sanhedrin. Honthorst depicts the moment that Caiaphas asks Jesus if he truly claims to be God.

The scene takes place at night. Jesus and Caiaphas are separated by a table upon which a candle provides the only light. These furnishings have been added to the Gospel scene by Honthorst and serve to divide Jesus from Caiaphas physically, just as the two were spiritually divided by Jesus's claim to be the divine in human form.

Caiaphas is seated behind the table with a book of Mosaic law and points his finger accusingly at Jesus. However, Jesus looks down on Caiaphas with serenity, seemingly unconcerned. His face and body language express the peace and self-control that, according to Gospel testimony, he maintained throughout the interrogation process.

Jesus and Caiaphas are clothed in similar colours – red and white. However, red is more prominent on Caiaphas, whereas Jesus is adorned almost completely in white. This may be an allusion to the figurative language often used in Christianity, where white often represents sinless purity and red blood or sacrifice.

In the background, behind Christ and Caiaphas, are the figures of other high priests. They await judgment and their faces are shrouded in darkness.