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Borch

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WA-00118345

PaintingBaroque

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1921-6-506
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

About

Why this artist matters now

Gerard ter Borch, also known as Gerard Terburg, was a Dutch Golden Age painter mainly of genre subjects. He influenced his fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu, Gerrit Dou, Eglon van der Neer and Johannes Vermeer. According to Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Ter Borch "established a new framework for subject matter, taking people into the sanctum of the home", showing the figures' uncertainties and expertly hinting at their inner lives. His influence as a painter, however, was later surpassed by Vermeer.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (13)

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Untitled

2016 · Open bite etching and sugar lift aquatint

Plate: 49.5 x 62 cm (19 1/2 x 24 7/16 in.); Sheet: 74 x 82.5 cm (29 1/8 x 32 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Drinking a Toast

1745 · engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Music Lesson

1665 · Oil on canvas

63.6 × 50.4 cm (25 × 19 7/8 in.); Framed: 84.8 × 70.8 × 6.4 cm (33 3/8 × 27 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gallant Conversation, Known as 'The Paternal Admonition'

1654 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

height: 85 cm, height: 71 cm, thickness: 8.5 cm, width: 87 cm, width: 73 cm

Rijksmuseum

Woman at a Mirror

1652 · panel, oil paint (paint)

width: 26 cm, height: 34.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Woman

1650 · oil on canvas

Framed: 87.5 x 77 x 7 cm (34 7/16 x 30 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 63.3 x 52.7 cm (24 15/16 x 20 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman in Peasant Costume

1650 · panel, oil paint (paint)

height: 28 cm, width: 23 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Helena van der Schalcke (1646-1671)

1648 · oil paint (paint), panel

width: 28.5 cm, height: 59 cm, height: 34 cm, width: 52 cm, thickness: 6.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Johanna Bardoel (d after 1667). Wife of Gerard van der Schalcke

1644 · oil paint (paint), panel

height: 29.5 cm, width: 23.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Gerard Abrahamsz van der Schalcke (1609-67). Haarlem Cloth Merchant

1644 · panel, oil paint (paint)

height: 29.5 cm, width: 23.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Charlatan (recto), and Two Standing Figures (verso)

1630 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, with traces of graphite, over traces of black chalk (recto), and red and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper

13.4 × 17.5 cm (5 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Man Standing Seen from the Back

1625 · black chalk heightened with traces of white chalk; framing lines in brown ink

Sheet: 28.9 x 15 cm (11 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Jager met vogels in de hand

1594 · pen on paper, ink, watercolor (paint)

width: 380 cm, height: 295 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (3)

13 published of 13 catalogued · 12 with image

Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Woman at a Mirror
1652 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Jager met vogels in de hand
1594 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Woman in Peasant Costume
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of Helena van der Schalcke (1646-1671)
1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Johanna Bardoel (d after 1667). Wife of Gerard van der Schalcke
1644 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Gerard Abrahamsz van der Schalcke (1609-67). Haarlem Cloth Merchant
1644 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Gallant Conversation, Known as 'The Paternal Admonition'
1654 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Man Standing Seen from the Back
1625 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of a Woman
1650 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Drinking a Toast
1745 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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