Discover painter, draftsperson, miniaturist painter Gerard ter Borch (II)

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: Terborch, Gerard
Terborch, Gerard (II)

Monogram: GTB

GTB intertwined

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, miniaturist painter, court painter, regent (official)
according to Houbraken he was also a knight (Houbraken 1719, p. 232). He was a 'gemeensman', or representative of one of the eight wards, in Deventer in 1666 (Bakker 2017).

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Zwolle (place) 1617-12
Saur 1996. Houbraken assumed that he was born in 1618.

Deceased: Deventer (place) 1681-12-08
His body was brought to Zwolle, where he was buried 'met statie' (Houbraken 1721, p. 37).

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Gerard ter Borch I (c. 1583-1662) and Anna Bufkens (1587-1621), half-brother of Anna, Gesina, Harmen and Moses ter Borch. On 14 February 1654 he married Geertruyt Matthys (1612-1672) in Deventer. The marriage remained withour issue.

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Zwolle (plaats) 1625 - 1632
received initial instruction from his father Gerard ter Borch I
Amsterdam (stad) 1632 - 1633
short stay in Amsterdam; possibly apprenticed there to Pieter Codde or Willem Duyster (Wheelock et al. 2004)
Zwolle (plaats) 1633 - 1634
Haarlem (stad) 1634 - 1635
1634 apprenticed to Pieter de Molijn; 1635 became member of the Guild of Saint Luke (Kettering/Van Suchtelen 1998)
Londen (Engeland) 1635-06-03 - 1635-09
according to a letter from Gerard ter Borch I on June 3rd, 1635 in London. Gerard II worked there briefly in the studio of his step-uncle, the engraver Robert van Voerst (1597-1636) who worked closely with Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) (Walpole et al. 1762/1876 ed. Wornum; see also Wheelock et al. 2004).
Antwerpen (stad) 1635-09
around September 1635. He probably visited Antwerp in the fall of 1635 on the way home from London (Wheelock et al. 2004).
Zwolle (plaats) 1635-09 - 1637
Before the end of 1635 he was probably back in Zwolle where he produced his first dated work; in 1637 he probably took off to Spain.
Madrid (stad, Spanje) 1637 - 1640
According to Houbraken 1719 he went to Spain. He probably visited Madrid, where he made a portrait of the King Philip IV. Houbraken proposes the late 1640s as the dating for this trip, but the theory by Gudlaugsson 1959-1960 (between 1637 and 1640) seems more plausible (p. 35-39). A previous stay in Italy is unlikely (Wheelock et al. 2004). The facts described by Houbraken are supoorted by documents, but the paintings 'Procession of the Flagellants' and 'Four Franciscan Monks' point to a stay in Madrid; a painting preserved in the Alcázar of Seville could be attributed to Ter Borch and this trip (according to Guerrero Lovillo 1954). Poet Joost Roldanus wrote a poem in 1654 on the occasion of Ter Borch's marriage where he explains that Ter Borch painted a portrait of Philip IV, of which only an autograph replica is preserved (Gudlaugsson 1959-1960, p. 23-24). The first to point to the possible influence by Velázquez on Ter Borch was Hellens 1911.
Frankrijk
on his way back from Spain; according to Gerson this is not certain (Gerson 1942/1983, p. 53)
Amsterdam (stad) 1640 - 1646
from the beginning of the 1640s; probably in Amsterdam (Kettering/Van Suchtelen 1998)
Münster (Duitsland) 1646 - 1648
successively employed by the Dutch and Spanish (from 1647) delegations; lived here at the Neubrückenstrasse (Moes 1886, p. 154); painted the portrait of, among others, the Spanish emissary Count of Peñaranda (Wheelock et al. 2004, p. 9)
Brussel
probably in Brussels with the Count of Peñaranda, where he might have received a golden chain and a medal for his services to the Spanish delegation (Wheelock et al. 2004, p. 10)
Amsterdam (stad) 1648
back in the Netherlands by late 1648
Zwolle (plaats) 1648 - 1654
primarly in Amsterdam and Zwolle when he was back in the Netherlands (Wheelock et al. 2004, p. 10)
Deventer (plaats) 1654 - 1681
moved to Deventer in the year of his marriage to Geertruyt Matthys (Wheelock et al. 2004)
Amsterdam (stad) 1672 - 1674
After the death of his wife, he lived in Amsterdam as Deventer was under French occupation (Wheelock et al. 2004, p. 16).
Deventer (plaats) 1674
Wheelock et al. 2004, p. 16
Den Haag (stad) 1675
in The Hague to complete the second portrait of prince Willem III of Orange (Wheelock et al. 2004, p. 16)

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Borch, Gerard ter (I)
Molijn, Pieter de
Voerst, Robert van
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Anraedt, Pieter van
Koets, Roelof (II)
Netscher, Caspar
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den
Grasdorp, Jan
Neer, Eglon van der
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Dyck, Anthony van
Teniers, David (II)
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Danhauser, Joseph
Drölling, Martin
Mallet, Jean Baptiste
Meissonier, Ernest
Savoye, Daniel de
Wonder, Pieter Christoffel

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, history (genre), portrait, landscape (genre), winter landscape, architecture (genre), interior view

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 33 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 7, 370; vol. 2 (1719), p. 131, 231-232; vol. 3 (1721), p. 32, 34-40, 174 (as: Gerard Terburg)
Walpole et al. 1762/1876 (ed. Wornum) , vol. 1, p. 340-342 note 1
Van der Aa 1852-1878 , vol. 2 (1855), p. 1577-1578 (as: Gerard ter Burg)
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 2 (1910), p. 698-702
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 4 (1910), p. 336-338
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 5 (1912)
Martin 1936 , p. 235-241
Gerson 1942/1983 , passim (as: Terborch)
Plietzsch 1944
Gudlaugsson 1959-1960 (fragment of the poem written by Joost Roldanus in 1654 about Ter Borch in Spain: "Tot Madrid in't Paleys des Konincks groot en schoone,/Quam oock zyn Naem en Roem, jae selven syn Persoone,/Daer hy de Koninck heeft seer konstigh afgebeelt,/Soo dat dar aen gantsch niet, dan slechts het leven scheelt." (p. 23-24))
Valdivieso 1973 , p. 13-15
Witt Checklist 1978
Haak 1984 , p. 394-399
Sutton 1984 , p. 59-60
Van Dijk 1993 , p. 4-5
Saur 1992- , vol. 12 (1996), p. 665
Briels 1997 , p. 389
McNeil Kettering/Van Suchtelen 1998 , passim
Horn 2000 , vol. 1, p. 268-270
Kollmann 2000 , p. 273
Wheelock et al. 2004 , passim
Posada Kubissa 2009 , p. 29-31
Ho 2017 , p. 93-137 and passim
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

C. von Lützow, 'Vier Porträts von Terburg', Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, 5 (1870), p. 111-114
J.J. van Doorninck, 'Het schildersgeslacht ter Borch', Verslagen en mededelingen Ver. Beoefening van Overijsselsch Regt en Geschiedenis XIII (1883), p. 1-22
E.W. Moes, 'Gerard ter Borch en zijne familie', Oud-Holland 4 (1886), p. 145-165
M.E. Houck, Mededeelingen betreffende Gerhard ter Borch [...], Zwolle 1899
L. Cust, 'Gerard Terborch', The Burlington Magazine 20 (1911), p. 255 (review of Hellens 1911)
W. von Bode, 'Kunsthistorische Ausbeute aus dem deutschen Kunsthandel von Heute. I. Gerard Terborch', Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 46 (1925), p. 109-118
G.J. Lugard Jr., ‘Meester Gerard de schilder’, Oud Holland 53 (1936), p. 136-137
J.H. Scholte, 'Munster in het werk van Gerard ter Borch', Oud-Holland 63 (1948), p. 9-34
S.J. Gudlaugsson, 'Adriaen Pauw's intocht te Munster, een gemeenschappelijk werk van Gerard ter Borch en Gerard van der Horst', Oud-Holland 63 (1948), p. 35-47
S.J. Gudlaugsson, 'De datering van de schilderijen van Gerard ter Borch', Nederlandsch Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (1948-1949), p. 235-267
J. Pijoan, 'Ter Borch y Velázquez', Goya : revista de arte 1 (1954), p. 135-136
J. Guerrero Lovillo, 'En torno a una pintura holandesa. Un Terborch en España?', Archivo Español de Arte 27 (1954), p. 15-24
C. Pemán, 'Ter Borch y España', Goya : revista de arte 48 (1962), p. 408-410
H.L. Kruimel, 'Rondom de van der Schalcke-portretten van Gerard ter Borch', Jaarboek van het Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie 25 (1971), p. 224-229
Chr. Brown, 'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Gerard ter Borch at The Hague and Münster', The Burlington Magazine 116 (1974), p. 288-292 (review exhibitions)
J.Q. van Regteren Altena, 'The Anonymous Spanish Sitters of Gerard Terborch', Master Drawings 10 (1972), p. 260-263
C.J.A. Genders, 'De bevestiging van de Vrede van Munster, 1648, door Gerard ter Borch', Spiegel Historiael 8 (1973), p. 642-650
C. Brown, 'Gerard ter Borch at The Hague and Münster', The Burlington Magazine 116/856 (1974), p. 289-292
S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, 'In presentie van de Heer Gerard ter Borgh', in: A.M. Logan (ed.), Essays on Northern European Art Presented to Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann on His Sixtienth Birthday, Doornspijk, 1983, p. 66-71
A. McNeil Kettering, 'Gerard ter Borch's portraits for the Deventer elite', Simiolus 27 (1999), p. 46-69
D. Kunzle, 'The Soldier Redeemed. Art and Reality in a Dutch Proince at War 1650-1672: Gerard Ter Borch in Deventer', Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft 27 (2000), p. 269-298
Kunstschrift 2005/3 (thematic issue G. ter Borch)
A. Blankert, 'Gerard ter Borch als ontdekker en uitvinder', Kunstschrift 2005, no. 3, p. 6-15
A. McNeil Kettering, 'De Magistraat van Deventer door Gerard ter Borch', Deventer Jaarboek 20 (2006), p. 38-57
A. Koldeweij, 'Een vaderlijke vermaning, een chic bordeel of een galante conversatie? De betekenis van een interieur met genrescène door Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681)', Desipientia 17 (2010), no. 1, p. 40-44
G. Korevaar, G. Tauber, 'Gerard ter Borch Repats. On Autograph Portrait Copies in the Work of Ter Borch (1617-1681)', The Rijkmuseum Bulletin 62 (2014), p. 348-381
G. Rubinstein, 'A new attribution to Gerard ter Borch the younger', Master Drawings 53 (2015), p. 459-462
G. Walczak, 'Gerard ter Borch's unknown oil miniature of the Duke of Longueville', The Burlington Magazine 159 (2017), no. 1367, p. 109-16
L. Pouy, 'Le peintre, l'enfant er le soldat. Sur un dessin de jeunesse de Gerard ter Borch le Jeune', Roven. Revue critique sur le dessin contemporain 13 (2017), p. 26-29
P. Bakker, 'Gerard ter Borch the Younger', in: The Leiden Collection Catalogue. Edited by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. New York. https://www.theleidencollection.com/archive/ (accessed March 2, 2018)

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Archive location: archief Le Roy
archief Sturla J. Gudlaugsson
archief Iohan Quirijn van Regteren Altena
Project: Gerson Digital : France
Gerson Digital : Germany
Gerson Digital : United Kingdom
Gerson Digital : Spain

External links: this artist in Ecartico
Bakker 2017

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Creation date: 1991-11-21; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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