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Woman with Two Baskets of Fruit and a Cherry Branch
Gesina ter Borch, c. 1652
The motto at the bottom of the sheet explains the connection between the drawing of a woman carrying fruit and Jacob Cats’ poem about chastity. After all, it is better to pick fruit yourself than to accept ‘pearsthat have already been plucked,’ alluding to promiscuity. In this early drawing, Gesina ter Borch opted for a simple illustration to accompany the text. Years later, in her Poëzie-album (Poetry Album), she would provide the same poem with a more complex composition.
- Artwork typedrawing, aquarel
- Object numberRP-T-1887-A-1128
- Dimensionsheight 301 mm x width 195 mm
- Physical characteristicspen in bruin, penseel in verschillende kleuren