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Child Drawing or Writing
Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object), 1649-12-23
The children in the Ter Borch family learned how to draw at a young age at home. Little Harmen too had a flair for this. He made this drawing ‘naet leve’ (from life) on 23 December 1649 – he was then a mere eleven years old. The sitter is probably his younger brother Moses, who rests his feet on a foot stove while writing or drawing.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1887-A-886
- Dimensionsheight 146 mm x width 106 mm
- Physical characteristicsblack chalk