Saint Cecilia with Two Angels Gesina ter Borch (1631-1690)

Gesina ter Borch (signed by artist), in or after c. 1660 - in or before c. 1661

Ter Borch depicted a majestic Cecilia, the patron saint of music, playing the organ. She must have known a similar composition from a print after a painting by Peter Paul Rubens. Unlike Rubens, Ter Borch endowed her own angels with an active music-making role. Thus, the angel on the left sings along attentively and the winged boy on the right operates the bellows.

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-1887-A-1053
Dimensionsheight 368 mm x width 242 mm
Physical characteristicszwart krijt, gehoogd met wit, op blauw papier

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