# Woman in Peasant Costume

- By: Gerard ter Borch (II) (Zwolle, 1617–1681)
- Date: c. 1648 - c. 1650
- Medium: panel, paper, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 29.5 cm x width 24.5 cm
- Credit line: De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4038--c5c3ddffa03865399782ffa78f2dc4fd)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/fwFsx/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Ter Borch probably depicted his half-sister Gesina ter Borch here. She, too, was an artist, and frequently modelled for him. In the 17th century, her appearance, with her gathered plaits and a red hairband, would immediately identify her as an unmarried country girl. She is holding a printed sheet of paper, from which she briefly glances up.