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20 Gerrit van Honthorst Van Honthorst, a student of AbrahamBloemaert, is considered a master of accentua ted light. His genre scenes as well as his religious motifs show the events on the canvas theatrica lly exagger- ated and dramatized by a focused light. For his atmospheric night subjects, often bat hed in torch or candlelight, he was given the nickname ’Gherardo della Notte’. Gerrit van Honthors t was one of the most celebrated artists of his time; his clients included several European royal fa milies. Cara- vaggio’s lasting influence on Honthorst and his Dutch circle is undeniable, and their works in turn influenced subsequent generations of painters, including Rembrandt, Frans Hals a nd Vermeer. Penitent Mary Magdalene. Circa 1625. Oil on panel. 74.3 × 58.3 cm. Sold for CHF 180 0 00 Eugen von Bla as The Austrian Eugen von Blaas, who lived in Italy, became famous above all for his realistic portraits of girls and young women. The a rtist depicted everyday scenes from late-19 th -century Venice in a gaily coloured atmos- phere, celebrating th e contrast between the ailing city and its youthful beauties. Girl with a flower bask et. 1898. Oil on panel. 81.6 × 49 cm. Sold for CHF 135 000 Louis-Léopold Boilly Gallant scenes like this one are characte ristic of the French painter’s work. In 1794 Boilly’s erotically charged everyday depictions of the French bourg eoisie earned him an official reprimand; after that he shifted to harm- less history paintings and portrait comm issions. The stylistic similarity of his subjects to Dutch models was no accident: Boilly possessed a small but ex quisite collection of 17 th -century Dutch works. ’Les Jeunes Époux’. Oil on canvas. 36 × 45. 3 cm. Sold for CHF 60 000