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Child in a Landscape, c. 1660-87, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1633-1690), who was baptized #otd, Dec 13. Held by @rijksmuseum.bsky.social, id.rijksmuseum.nl/200513454 #womenartists #artherstory
A drawing of a small child wearing a gown, a white apron, and a black hat with a feathery white embellishment. The child holds a small bunch of flowers in their right hand. At the right of the drawing is a small brown and white dog, who stands gazing up at the child.
December 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Gesina ter Borch. (1631-90)
Dutch painter & draftswoman
#GesinaTerBorch
jdmccafferty.bsky.social John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Dec 21
Entertaining friends from the bed #otd 21 Dec 1653

By Gesina Ter Borch - probably drawing her brother and his boozy buddies from life. (Rijksmuseum)
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Gesina ter Borch. (1631-90)
Dutch painter & draftswoman
#GesinaTerBorch
jdmccafferty.bsky.social John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Nov 5
Company of five from Gesina ter Borch, c. 1654 - c. 1658 (Rijksmuseum)

She's depicted an all-smoking, all-drinking, all-action evening here.
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Gesina ter Borch. (1631-90)
Dutch painter & draftswoman
#GesinaTerBorch
jdmccafferty.bsky.social John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Nov 12
Two portraits by Gesina ter Borch, 1643 - 1690 (Rijksmuseum)
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Gesina ter Borch. (1631-90)
Dutch painter & draftswoman
#GesinaTerBorch
peterpaulrubens.bsky.social Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · Nov 15
Two washerwomen tamping laundry in a tub. Fascinating picture by Gesina ter Borch, who was born on this day in 1633.
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Gesina ter Borch. (1631-90)
Dutch painter & draftswoman
#GesinaTerBorch
peterpaulrubens.bsky.social Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · Nov 16
Sijbrant Schellinger & Jenneken ter Borch (the artist's sister) at home with their children in 1669. By Gesina ter Borch, born on this day in 1633.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Interior with Three Soldiers, Smoking & Drinking, c. 1654, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1631-1690). Held by the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social; on view now in "Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, nmwa.org/whats-on/exh... #womenartists #artherstory
A chalk and ink drawing depicting three soldiers in 17th-century garb sitting around a table. The soldier at left is seated, and holds up a jug from which he drinks. The one in the middle stands behind the table with his right arm raised, holding a weapon or tool. At the right the third soldier sits pouring liquid from the jug in his raised right hand into the goblet in his left. At the far right, on the floor by a door, sits a little dog.
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Karen Chernick, @artnet.bsky.social news, highlights 12 Women Old Masters to Know... and 6 of them are in our #illuminatingWomenArtists series!

#ArtemisiaGentileschi
#ClaraPeeters
#GesinaterBorch
#LouiseMoillon
#RosalbaCarriera
& #MichaelinaWautier coming soon!

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July 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Row with animals and plants, 1685, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1631-1690), who died #otd, Apr 16. Held by @rijksmuseum.bsky.social, id.rijksmuseum.nl/200513425

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A papercutting in white against a black background, depicting (in a row) a deer, a rabbit, some bushes, a tall tree, a flower, a goose and two goslings, a smaller tree with birds sitting on the branches, a flower, another bird (duck?) and a leafy plant.
April 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Adam's book on #GesinaTerBorch is part of the Illuminating Women Artists series which is co-published with Getty Publications in North America. Find out more here: www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
April 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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So far the series covers #LuisaRoldán #ArtemisiaGentileschi #RosalbaCarriera #ElisabettaSirani #LouiseMoillon #SofonisbaAnguissola #GesinaTerBorch...
And will soon include #ClaraPeeters & #EufrasiaBurlamacchi, (publishing 11 March) followed later in 2025 by #JosefaDeÓbidos & #MariaSibyllaMerian!
March 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Rijksmuseum verwerft enige gesigneerde schilderij Gesina ter Borch op TEFAF - Rijksmuseum #Rijksmuseum #GesinaTerBorch #TEFAF #kunst #schilderij
Rijksmuseum verwerft enige gesigneerde schilderij Gesina ter Borch op TEFAF - Rijksmuseum
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January 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Rijksmuseum verwerft enige gesigneerde schilderij Gesina ter Borch op TEFAF - Rijksmuseum #Rijksmuseum #GesinaTerBorch #TEFAF #kunst #schilderij
Rijksmuseum verwerft enige gesigneerde schilderij Gesina ter Borch op TEFAF - Rijksmuseum
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January 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Rijksmuseum verwerft enige gesigneerde schilderij Gesina ter Borch op TEFAF - Rijksmuseum #Rijksmuseum #GesinaTerBorch #TEFAF #kunst #schilderij
Rijksmuseum verwerft enige gesigneerde schilderij Gesina ter Borch op TEFAF - Rijksmuseum
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January 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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A Man Throwing a Ball and a Woman, c. 1652-3, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1633-1690), who was baptized #otd, Dec 13. Held by Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum; source, artherstory.net/gesina-ter-b... #womenartists #artherstory
At the bottom of a page on which appears a poem in Dutch is a watercolor drawing of a gowned woman standing on the ground outdoors; she faces the page’s left margin. At the right margin, separated from the woman by a bloc of text, stands a man in black and white clothing and a black hat with a gold feather, throwing a ball.
December 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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#SaintCecilia with Two Angels, c. 1660/61, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1631-1690). Held by Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio... #womenartists #artherstory #FeastOfStCecilia #StCeciliaFeastDay
A chalk-on-paper depiction of a majestic Cecilia in a long gown, the patron saint of music, playing the organ. The saint is attended by two angels who take an active music-making role. The angel on the left sings along attentively and the winged boy on the right operates the bellows.
November 22, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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Two cowherds at sunrise or sunset, 1654, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1631-1690), who was born #otd, Nov 15. Held by Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001... #womenartists #artherstory
A watercolor drawing of 6 cows across a path from two cowherders lounging on a grassy patch under a tree. Far in the background is a large gathering of people, apparently listening to a man on a horse.
November 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Dans van de Dood, 1660-c. 1687, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1631-1690) after Hans Holbein (II). Held by Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio... #womenartists #artherstory #HappyHalloween
A watercolor drawing of an interlinked line of characters on a field or plain, featuring (left to right) a blond woman; a skeleton; a priest or cleric; a skeleton wearing a black hat with a pink feather and carrying a tool, maybe a scythe; another skeleton with a shove; and a naked toddler.
October 31, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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Learn more about this artist
#GesinaTerBorch: Artist, Not Amateur
by Nicole Cook
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A self-portrait of a young woman with blonde curly hair, in watercolor, in a cartouche surmounted with the Ter Borch family coat of arms.
October 15, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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This wonderful book on #GesinaTerBorch is the latest - the 7th - volume in the #IlluminatingWomenArtists series!

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Illuminating Women Artists - Getty Series
This groundbreaking series showcases the life and work of female artists who were well known and sought after in their own time, but whose names and works have not been passed down continuously in the...
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October 15, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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Two Gentlemen in Conversation, 1654, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1631-1690), who died #otd, Apr 16. Held by the Rijksmuseum; source, Female Artists in History, www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

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April 16, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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Shepherdess on a country road (detail), c. 1652-3, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1633-1690), who was baptized #otd, Dec 13. Held by the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie... #womenartists #artherstory
December 13, 2023 at 2:41 PM
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Woman carving words on a tree, 1661, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1631-1690), who was born #otd, Nov 15. Held by the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), The Art Book, fol. 27r.  #womenartists #artherstory
November 16, 2023 at 12:46 AM