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Nocturnal Scene: Couple Walking behind a Woman with a Lantern
Also titled Nachtstuk: echtpaar lopend achter een vrouw met een lantaarn
Gesina ter Borch (Zwolle, ca. –1690)
c. 1655
- Medium
- prepared paper, ink
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 71 mm x width 98 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
Gesina ter Borch had a penchant for night scenes. In this enchanting little piece, two lovers walk hand in hand in the dark, accompanied by a dog. Their path is lit by a woman with a lantern. Ter Borch first prepared the sheet with a layer of yellow watercolour, which accentuates the warm glow of the candlelight.
