Gerhard Terborch

(1617–1681) Dutch Golden Age painter (1617–1681)

Gerhard Terborch (1617–1681) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Gerhard Terborch belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Gerhard Terborch was born in Zwolle and died in Deventer. Gerhard Terborch studied under Pieter de Molijn. Wikidata associates Gerhard Terborch with Baroque. The students included Caspar Netscher.

The best-known works include ‘The messenger’, ‘Portrait of Helena van der Schalcke’, and ‘The Gallant Conversation, known as Paternal Admonition’. The works belong mainly to the genres genre painting and genre art. The catalogue has 241 works by Gerhard Terborch with free images. The dated works span the years 1634–1728. Works by Gerhard Terborch are held by several collections, among them Leiden Collection, Rijksmuseum, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, and Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Goedart, Anna Maria von Baden-Durlach, Paolo Porpora, Ambrosius Brueghel, and Evaristo Baschenis.

• The Baroque
• The Gallant Conversation, known as Paternal Admonition
• Portrait of Helena van der Schalcke
• The Letter by Gerard ter Borch
• A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier
• Glass of Lemonade