A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand
Gerrit van Honthorst
1621–22
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.5 × 64.5 cm (30 × 25 3/8 in.); Framed: 100.7 × 88.6 × 5.4 cm (39 5/8 × 34 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Classification
european painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
243872
About the Artist
Gerrit van Honthorst · 1592–1656
The most well-known painter of the Utrecht Caravaggists, he is famed for his night scenes and dramatic lighting; later in his career he was in demand as a portraitist.