Diana and Four Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr
Gerrit van Honthorst
c. 1630
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on brown laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 25 × 38.2 cm (9 13/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2015.69.2
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.