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.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1630
Medium: 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
Dimensions: 13.4 × 17.5 cm (5 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Gerard ter Borch

Artist

Gerard ter Borch

Painting

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.

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