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Summary
Gerard van Honthorst: Apollo and Diana
Artist
Gerard van Honthorst
(1592–1656)
Alternative names
Gerard Honthorst, Gerard Hermansz. van Honthorst, Gerardus Honthorst, Gerrit van Hondhorst, Gerrit Honthorst, Gerrit van Honthorst, Gherardo Fiammingo, Gherardo della Notte, Gherardo delle Notti, Gherardo Delle Notti
Description
Dutch painter, printmaker and ornamental painter
Date of birth/death
4 November 1592
27 April 1656
Location of birth/death
Utrecht
Utrecht
Work location
Utrecht, Rome (1610–1620), Utrecht (1620–1628), London (May 1628-December 1628), The Hague (1637–1651), Utrecht (1652–1656)
Authority file
: Q314548
VIAF: 17494224
ISNI: 0000000115612358
ULAN: 500051681
LCCN: nr96007892
MusicBrainz: 3fae7b0f-9bc1-41a3-8c3a-5895aff44df7
WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q314548
Title
Apollo and Diana
Object type
painting
Genre
mythological painting
Description
English: An allegorical painting. At the centre is George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham, in the guise of Mercury, patron of the arts. The arts appear to the right while in the heavens above appear Kinf Charles I and his queen Henrietta Maria dressed as the gods Apollo and Diana.
Depicted people
Apollo
Diana
Date
1638
date QS:P571,+1638-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
oil
medium QS:P186,Q296955
Dimensions
height: 357 cm (11.7 ft) ; width: 640 cm (20.9 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,+357.0U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+640.0U174728
Collection
Royal Collection
Native name
Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
Location
United Kingdom
Established
after 1491
date QS:P,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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