Gerard Ter Borch (1617-1681)
Gerard Ter Borch (1617-1681)

Portrait of an elderly woman, seated small full length by a table, wearing a black dress with lace collar and cuffs and a bonnet

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Gerard Ter Borch (1617-1681)
Portrait of an elderly woman, seated small full length by a table, wearing a black dress with lace collar and cuffs and a bonnet
oil on canvas
57.2 x 46.4 cm
Provenance
Mrs. B. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach; by descent to Dr A. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Essen.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's London, 3 April 1985, lot 62, ill.
Literature
S.J. Gudlaugsson, Gerard Ter Borch, I, 1959, p.400, fig. 279/I; II, 1960, p.236, no.279/I, where dated to circa 1675.

Lot Essay

Two other versions, with the sitter seated in reverse, are recorded; one, in the collection of Dr Einar Perman, Stockholm (Gudlaugsson, op.cit., no.279/II); the other of slightly later date, was offered at Sotheby's London, 8 December 1975, lot 116, ill. (Gudlaugsson, op.cit., no.279/III).

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