Gerrit van Honthorst

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Honthorst, Gerrit van: Christ Crowned with Thorns

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Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

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Gerrit van Honthorst: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Gerard van Honthorst • Gherardo della Notte
Born	November 4, 1590 • Utrecht • Netherlands
Died	April 27, 1656 (aged 65) • Utrecht • Netherlands
Movement / Style	Utrecht school • tenebrism

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Hendrik Terbrugghen

Dutch painter

Dirck van Baburen

Dutch painter

Caravaggio

Italian painter

Francisco de Zurbarán

Spanish painter

Artemisia Gentileschi

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José de Ribera

Spanish painter

Orazio Gentileschi

Italian painter

Sebastián López de Arteaga

Spanish-born painter

Alonso Cano

Spanish artist

Georges de La Tour

French artist

Francisco Ribalta

Spanish painter

Paul de Limbourg

Flemish artist

Jean de Limbourg

Flemish artist

Herman de Limbourg

Flemish artist

Rembrandt

Dutch artist

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter

Johannes Vermeer

Dutch painter

Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.

Piet Mondrian

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Frans Hals

Dutch painter

Jan van Eyck

Netherlandish painter

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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.

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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.

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