Gallant Conversation, Known as ‘The Paternal Admonition’
Also titled Galante conversatie, bekend als ‘De vaderlijke vermaning’
Gerard ter Borch (II) (Zwolle, 1617–1681)
c. 1654 - c. 1655
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- frame: height 85 cm x width 87 cm x thickness 8.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
The standing woman is receiving two guests. The man seems to have just arrived, as he still holds his hat in his hand. Ter Borch excelled in accurately rendering fabrics, such as the satin dress. Furthermore, he favoured ambiguous scenes, whereby the sentiments of his figures are difficult to determine. Here, too, the reason behind the gathering remains enigmatic.
