Walking Skeleton

Gesina ter Borch, c. 1656

Death features regularly in Gesina ter Borch’s work. The lower sketch is a study for her watercolour drawing in the Konstboek (Art Book), in which Death hastens to claim the life of a little girl. Her outline is vaguely visible in the sketch. Next to the finished drawing in the album Ter Borch pasted a sheet with aphorisms about the transience of earthly existence.

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-00-58
Dimensionsheight 120 mm x width 91 mm
Physical characteristicsblack chalk

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