Ger. Honthorst pictor [art original]Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist[between 1720 and 1756?]latPortrait of Gerrit van Honthorst (1592-1656), Dutch painter and draftsman, active in ItalyTitle from inscription in brown ink, in 18th century hand, below image: Ger. Honthorst pictor.Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 110.Signed in graphite, lower right corner: G.V. d.George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.