Gerrit van Honthorst Auction Prices and Value Guide
Gerrit van Honthorst auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 203 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Gerrit van Honthorst auction prices: quick answer
Gerrit van Honthorst auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Gerrit van Honthorst
- Source records
- 203
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Gerrit van Honthorst market snapshot
Gerrit van Honthorst shows solid auction liquidity with 74 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $22,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-22.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (7.5% · 4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (32.1% · 17 sales)
- $10,000+ (60.4% · 32 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $22,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 6
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-22
Artist context
About Gerrit van Honthorst
Born
1592
Died
1656
Nationality
Dutch
Also known as
Gerard van Honthorst, Gherardo delle Notti
Gerrit van Honthorst, also recorded as Gerard van Honthorst and known in Italy as Gherardo delle Notti, was a Dutch Golden Age painter usually dated 1592–1656, although some authority records give 1590 as his birth year. Early in his career he worked in Rome, where Caravaggio's example shaped his handling of strong light and darkness. He became especially associated with figures illuminated by candles or other artificial light sources, a specialty reflected in his Italian nickname. After returning to the Netherlands, he emerged as a prominent portrait painter and is commonly placed among the Utrecht Caravaggisti alongside Hendrick ter Brugghen and Dirck van Baburen. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in connection with both dramatic, artificially lit figure scenes and formal portraiture. Because historical records use several forms of his name, matching an object or auction record to the correct artist entity requires attention to authority identifiers and documented attribution.
Dutch Golden Age paintingUtrecht CaravaggismCaravaggio-influenced paintingPaintingArtificially lit figure scenesPortraiture
Common works and media
The source pack identifies van Honthorst as a painter and supports two recurring areas of work: portraits, which became important after his return to the Netherlands, and theatrical figure scenes organized around artificial light. Works and records may appear under Gerard or Gerrit van Honthorst, while the Italian epithet Gherardo delle Notti also occurs in historical authority data. The available evidence does not support claims about common editioned works, sculptures, ceramics, or posters.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal research for a work connected with van Honthorst should first establish which attribution and name form the source record uses, since Gerard, Gerrit, and Gherardo delle Notti all occur in authority data. Comparisons should then be separated by work type: portrait paintings are not directly comparable with the dramatic, artificially lit scenes for which he is also known. When public auction records are available, the most useful context comes from genuinely similar lots, their sale dates, catalogued attribution, and realized prices. The source pack does not include detailed major-auction-house lot commentary, so this profile does not infer a price trend, scarcity premium, or value range.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Old Master paintings
- Portrait paintings
- Artificially lit figure scenes
Value drivers
- Confirm the catalogued attribution and reconcile the Gerard, Gerrit, and Gherardo delle Notti name forms before selecting comparisons.
- Compare like work types, separating portraiture from artificially lit figure scenes.
- Use comparable public auction records, sale dates, catalogued attributions, and realized prices when those records are available.
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack contains no detailed major-auction-house lot analysis, so no artist-specific price trend, scarcity premium, or value range is asserted.
- The conflicting 1590 and 1592 birth years can affect historical record matching and should be considered during provenance and catalogue research.
- Object-level attribution cannot be established from artist biography or name matching alone.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Gerrit van Honthorst worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
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