Gerard ter Borch II (Zwolle 1617-1681 Deventer)

Portrait of a man, bust-length

Details

Gerard ter Borch II (Zwolle 1617-1681 Deventer)
Portrait of a man, bust-length
black chalk, on (faded) blue paper, the corners cut
9.9 x 8.7 cm.

Provenance

H. Pieck, The Hague.
G.M. (G.H.A. Meyer, mark not in Lugt).
Anonymous sale; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 23-27 June 1969, lot 1277 (as School of Frans van Mieris, part of a lot with three drawings) (according to a note in the collection files).

Literature

I.Q. van Regteren Altena, 'The Anonymous Spanish Sitters of Gerard Terborch', Master Drawings, X, 1972, no. 3, pp. 262-3, no. 7, pl. 27a.
A. McNeil Kettering, Drawings from the Ter Borch Studio Estate, The Hague, 1989, II, (Appendix I, no. 14), p. 822, ill.

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Lot Essay

For another drawing by the artist from the same group of portraits, see lot 220. The head in the present drawing resembles one represented in the second row towards the right in The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster of 1648 in the National Gallery, London.

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