King Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649)
by Gerrit van Honthorst, oil on canvas, 1628
Gerrit van Honthorst, Christ Before the High Priest, c. 1620-23
In this painting, Christ is higher than the priest, both physically and morally; Christ has the greater calm, standing serenely with his hands bound, while the priest and his soldiers are agitated. There’s an intimacy to the painting that Honthorst favored in his works; the dramatic lighting cast by the candle in the center of the composition unites the figures, and our position on the other side of the table places us in the room in direct proximity to what’s unfolding before us.
Musical Group on a Balcony by Gerrit van Honthorst
Date: 1622
How “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” would have looked in the 17th Century. Painting is De vrolijke speelman by Gerrit van Honthorst.
(Source: anglicanmeme)
The Merry Fidler by Gerrit van Honthorst
Date: 1623
De vrolijke speelman by Gerrit van Honthorst
