# Boy with Downcast Eyes

- By: Gerard ter Borch (II) (Zwolle, 1617–1681)
- Date: c. 1672 - 1678
- Medium: paper, chalk
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 115 mm x width 96 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1887-A-800--94a70a6cff86fa3e1c19f4fc56733be9)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/26a4b96d829ee8952a4589541719599c.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Of all the children whom Gerard ter Borch taught to draw, only his eldest son Gerard the Younger developed into a professional artist. He specialized in portraits and genre paintings done in a highly refined style. He achieved the same level of finish in this drawing. The light falling on the face and hair of the boy is particularly felicitously rendered.