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Gerrit van Honthorst

A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand

1621–22
Oil on canvas
75.5 × 64.5 cm (29.7 × 25.4 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 213

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · verified July 2026

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