Gerard van Honthorst
(1592 - 1656)
 

Gerard "Gerrit" van Honthorst  was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the Italian nickname Gherardo delle Notti ("Gerard of the Nights"). Early in his career he visited Rome, where he had great success painting in a style influenced by Caravaggio. Following his return to the Netherlands he became a leading portrait painter. Van Honthorst's contemporaries included Utrecht painters Hendrick ter Brugghen and Dirck van Baburen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_van_Honthorst

Christ Before the High Priest
C. 1617
Oil on canvas
272 x 183 cm
National Gallery, London
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gerrit-van-honthorst-christ-before-the-high-priest

 

 The painting depicts a scene from the canonical gospels concerning the Passion of Jesus, specifically Jesus's questioning by the Jewish religious authorities. 
The gospels describe how, after his initial capture, Jesus was brought before Caiaphas – a high priest in the Jewish Sanhedrin. Honthorst depicts the moment that Caiaphas asks Jesus if he truly claims to be God.