Gerard ter Borch (1583 in

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– 1662 in Zwolle), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter. According to Arnold Houbraken, who referred to him as Gerard Terburg's father, he was a good painter who had spent many years in Rome and who was the first teacher of his better known son.Gerard ter Borch Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the

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According to the RKD, he was the pupil of

Pieter de Molijn Pieter de Molijn (6 April 1595 in London – 23 March 1661 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver of English birth and Flemish descent. He was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Austin Friars church in London. He was born to Pi ...

and became the father of the painters Gerard II, Gesina, Harmen and Moses.Gerard ter Borch (I)
in the

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He was in Italy during the years 1604–1611.

Gallery

File:Gerard ter Borch the Elde 3 studies of a donkey circa 1612.jpg, ''Study of a Donkey'', 1612 File:Gerard ter Borch (I) 001.jpg, ''Mary, Jesus and Anna'', 1616 File:G. ter Borch the Elder The Sacrifice of Abraham 1618-1619.jpg, ''The Sacrifice of Abraham'' 1618–1619 File:Borch Allegory of summer.jpg, ''Allegory of Summer'', ca. 1626 File:Gerard ter Borch the Elde Girl Reading 1630s.jpg, ''Girl reading'', ca. 1630

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1583 births 1662 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters People from Zwolle {{Netherlands-painter-stub