Gesina ter Borch

Gesina ter Borch was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose work mostly consists of watercolour paintings in albums. Most of her work captured her observations of family life and current events. Her work is simple but passionate.

Gesina ter Borch was born onNovember 1633 in Deventer in the Dutch Republic. She was the daughter of Gerard ter Borch the Elder and the halfsister of Gerard ter Borch, who taught her to draw and paint, and who painted her and other members of the family several times. After the loss of her younger brother, Moses, to the Second English War, Gesinas work conveyed her deep sadness. She lived her whole life on the Sassenstraat in Zwolle, where she died onApril 1690.

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