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Skeleton Dancing Near an Open Grave
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-00-59
- Dimensionsheight 155 mm x width 202 mm
- Physical characteristicsrood krijt over sporen van zwart krijt