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Study Sheet with Three Views of a Gentleman Walking
Also titled Studieblad met drie weergaven van een lopende heer
Gesina ter Borch (Zwolle, ca. –1690)
c. 1661 - c. 1669
- Medium
- paper, chalk
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 94 mm x width 146 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
A fashionably dressed man is depicted from three different sides. Ter Borch first made cursory sketches in black chalk and then added contours and details in red chalk. Such study sheets without a narrative composition are rare in Ter Borch’s oeuvre and afford insight into her working methods. This sheet underscores her interest in natural poses and correctly rendered clothing, as seen elsewhere in her work.
