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The jovial, low-life subject and dramatic chiaroscuro light effects of this picture identify it with the work of the Utrecht Caravaggist painter, Gerrit van Honthorst and his Studio. After beginning his career as a pupil of Abraham Bloemaert in Utrecht, Honthorst traveled to Italy around 1610-15 to complete his training. There he encountered the paintings of Caravaggio and his followers, such as Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582-1622), whose paintings of life-size, half-length genre figures modeled by powerful chiaroscuro profoundly influenced his imagery. Upon returning to the Netherlands in 1620, Honthorst continued to work in a Caravaggesque idiom, for which he and his fellow townsmen Hendrick ter Brugghen and Dirck van Baburen, among others, became known as the 'Utrecht Caravaggisti'. Honthorst's extraordinary mastery in rendering the effects of candlelight as it plays over forms in a darkened interior earned him the nickname 'Gherardo delle Notti', or 'Gherardo of the Night'.
Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire, was built in 1716 by John Bourchier III (d. 1736) and remained in his family for over one hundred years, before passing in 1827 to a distant relative, the Rev. William Henry Dawnay, future 6th Viscount Downe. In 1916, it was acquired and restored by the wealthy heiress, Enid Scudamore-Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield, and on her death in 1957 the contents were offered in a four day sale held on the premises by Curtis & Henson (10-13 June 1958), and the estate was acquired by the National Trust. In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery, it now exhibits more than one hundred 18th century portraits. Built circa 1724-25, Alfreton Hall, North Derbyshire, was the home of George Morewood and was in turn owned by the Palmer-Morewood family, owners of many of the local coalmines. The estate was acquired by the County Council in 1963.
Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire, was built in 1716 by John Bourchier III (d. 1736) and remained in his family for over one hundred years, before passing in 1827 to a distant relative, the Rev. William Henry Dawnay, future 6th Viscount Downe. In 1916, it was acquired and restored by the wealthy heiress, Enid Scudamore-Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield, and on her death in 1957 the contents were offered in a four day sale held on the premises by Curtis & Henson (10-13 June 1958), and the estate was acquired by the National Trust. In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery, it now exhibits more than one hundred 18th century portraits. Built circa 1724-25, Alfreton Hall, North Derbyshire, was the home of George Morewood and was in turn owned by the Palmer-Morewood family, owners of many of the local coalmines. The estate was acquired by the County Council in 1963.