
Gerard ter BorchDutch, 1617–1681May one see it?
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
14 February 1654
Marries and settles in Deventer
He marries Gertruid Matthijsen and settles in Deventer; in the 1650s he concentrates on genre painting, showing people in ordinary everyday surroundings and sometimes in mysterious or amorous relationships.
1655
Granted citizenship of Deventer
In 1655, a year after settling there, he is granted citizenship of Deventer.
not after 1655
Caspar Netscher becomes his pupil
Caspar Netscher studies under ter Borch in 1655 at the latest. Together with his master he makes nine of the ten portraits of the Craeyvanger family.