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

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Honthorst, Gerrit van: Christ Crowned with Thorns
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Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
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Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith with Her Maidservant
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Orazio Gentileschi and Giovanni Lanfranco: Saint Cecilia and an Angel
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Sebastián López de Arteaga
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Alonso Cano
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La Tour, Georges de: The Fortune Teller
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Francisco Ribalta: Christ Embracing St. Bernard
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Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
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Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
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Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
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Frans Hals: The Merry Toper
Frans Hals
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Oil painting by Jan van Eyck showing a man in dark clothing with a large, elaborate red turban, set against a dark background.
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