Art, literature & historyGerard ter Borch
1617–1681
Selected artwork
Burgomaster Jan van Duren (1613–1687)
ca. 1666–67
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other names (98)
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Biography
Gerard ter Borch (Dutch: [ˈɣeːrɑrt tɛr ˈbɔr(ə)x]; December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg (Dutch: [ˈɣeːrɑrt tɛrˈbʏr(ə)x]), 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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Influenced by
- Pieter de Molijneditorial inference
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- Diego Velázquezeditorial inference
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Later influence
- Caspar Netschereditorial inference
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- Johannes Vermeereditorial inference
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- Jacob Ochtervelteditorial inference
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- Pieter de Hoocheditorial inference
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Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Gerard ter Borch. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Rijksmuseum12 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art8 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre3 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art3 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)3 recorded works
- musée de l'hôtel Sandelin — Saint-Omer2 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago1 recorded work
- Finnish National Gallery1 recorded work
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Lyon1 recorded work
- musée Grobet-Labadié — Marseille1 recorded work
- Museo Nacional del Prado1 recorded work
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
Sources 12
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Louvre painter identity and WikiArt profile links