Decorative Motifs with Garlands (verso)
Gerrit van Honthorst
1620s
Medium
pen and brown ink with gray wash on brown paper
Dimensions
sheet: 24 × 20.5 cm (9 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2015.69.1.b
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.