Gérard Ter Broch, Genre scene the two drinkers, engraving seventeenth century

Humorous engraving typical of flemish representations of the seventeenth century, representing two seated drinkers. It shows a woman with a glass in her left hand and a decanter in her right hand, while a probably drunk man sleeps on the table. Beautiful realization typical of the flemish school of the seventeenth century. Gerard ter borch - or terburg - also known as "the young man" was born in 1617 in zwolle near amsterdam and died in 1681 in deventer. He worked as a genre painter and portrait painter and was very active in münster and amsterdam. He discovered his talent for drawing at the age of eight and became a pupil of his father gerard ter borch, nicknamed "the old man". The dutch painter hendrick avercamp supported terburg. He studied with pieter de molyn (dutch painter, draughtsman, engraver and publisher) for three years (1632-1635). He travelled extensively between london, germany, france and italy. He in turn became the master of his pupil caspar netscher, a dutch painter of the golden age known for his portraits. A copy of our engraving is kept in the british museum.

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