Gesina ter Borch1631–1690Lopend skelet
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Lopend skelet” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Death features regularly in Gesina ter Borch’s work. The lower sketch is a study for her watercolour drawing in the Konstboek (Art Book), in which Death hastens to claim the life of a little girl. Her outline is vaguely visible in the sketch. Next to the finished drawing in the album Ter Borch pasted a sheet with aphorisms about the transience of earthly existence.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-00-58
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
