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Curiosity, Gerard ter Borch the Younger, ca. 1660–62
Gerard ter Borch, portraitGerard ter BorchDutch, 1617–1681

Curiosity

ca. 1660–62 · Painting

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “Curiosity” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 614, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room614

Closed· opens tomorrow at 10:00 AM

On public display.

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Details

Accession number
49.7.38

What it shows

InteriorWomanDogWriting

In the catalog

PaintingsOilDutch paintingBaroque17th century

Sources

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c. 1648 - c. 1650 · Rijksmuseum

Helena van der Schalcke, Gerard ter Borch, c. 1648

Helena van der Schalcke

c. 1648 · Rijksmuseum

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c. 1654 - c. 1655 · Rijksmuseum

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Burgomaster Jan van Duren (1613–1687)

ca. 1666–67 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Margaretha van Haexbergen (1614–1676), Gerard ter Borch the Younger, ca. 1666–67

Margaretha van Haexbergen (1614–1676)

ca. 1666–67 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Het sluiten van de Vrede van Munster

1648 · Rijksmuseum

A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid, Gerard ter Borch the Younger, ca. 1650–51

A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid

ca. 1650–51 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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La Leçon de lecture

second quarter of the 17th century (c. 1652) · Musée du Louvre

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Museum page
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Paying the Hostess, ca. 1670

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Pieter de Hooch

Interior with a Young Couple, probably ca. 1662–65

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Not on view · National Gallery of Art

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Pablo Picasso

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Not on view · National Gallery of Art

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Faun Unveiling a Woman (Faune dévoilant une femme), 1936

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

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The Frugal Repast (Le repas frugal), 1904, published 1913

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