GERARD VAN HONTHORST Mountainous Landscape Intersected by a River.
Etching, circa 1640. 76x146 mm; 3 1/4x5 7/8 inches, thread margins. A very good impression of this extremely scarce etching.
We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years.
Honthorst (1592-1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became especially noted for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, in the manner of Caravaggio, as well as his portraits and figure scenes. Hollstein 3.
