Studio of Gerard ter Borch Zwolle 1617 - 1681 Deventer

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Description

Gerard Ter Borch
an interior with a lady taking singing lessons from a gentleman, a sleeping dog in the foreground
oil on canvas

Provenance

Dr. L.D. van Hengel, ‘Huize Dalsteijn’, Ellecom
His sale, Dieren, Q. v.d. Velde, 19-21 May 1953, lot 360 (as attributed to Gerard Ter Borch),
where acquired by the father of the present owner in Zwolle.

Catalogue Note

The motive with the gentleman on the right with a table and a candlestick is derived from two paintings by Ter Borch: with hat, in The Duet of circa 1667/8 in the National Gallery, London (inv. no. 864; see S.J. Gudlaugsson, Gerard Ter Borch, The Hague 1959-60, vol. II, pp. 201-2, no. 220, reproduced) and without the hat, in House Music of circa 1672, in the Gemäldegalerie, Kassel (inv. no. 288; see S.J. Gudlaugsson, Gerard Ter Borch, The Hague 1959-60, vol. II, pp. 224-5, no. 258, reproduced).