
The Music Lesson
Gerard ter Borch the Younger

Baroque Painter · Active 1654 – 1665
Gerard ter Borch the Younger is among the painters whose work defines the Baroque era. Paintale holds 4 of Younger's works in its collection, spanning themes of portrait, daily life.
Where to see the work: Art Institute of Chicago · The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The paintings by Gerard ter Borch the Younger gathered on Paintale span portrait, daily life, a set of concerns typical of an artist working through the Baroque period. Taken as a group, they show a consistent visual language rather than a series of unrelated commissions.
Museums now holding Gerard ter Borch the Younger's work include Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. On each painting's page here, we go beyond the caption to cover subject, symbolism, technique, and provenance — the context a modern viewer needs to see what the original audience saw.
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