# Portrait of Moses ter Borch as a Two-Year-Old

- By: Gesina ter Borch (Zwolle, ca. –1690)
- Date: in or after 1667
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 56.2 cm x width 45 cm x height 55 cm x width 43.8 cm x depth 1.5 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Women of the Rijksmuseum Fund
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-5124--829e0ee2d1f7e1fe73502150a12c6984)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/oVLSQ/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)

Moses ter Borch died in the Second Anglo-Dutch War at the age of 22. Shortly thereafter, his older sister Gesina painted a portrait of him as a two-year-old as a memento and tribute. We see him beating a drum, surrounded by toy weapons that allude to the virtues of courage and patriotism. The message seems to be that he was fearless, even as a toddler.