Moses ter Borch Holding a Kolf Stick, c. 1655

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 50-A

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 39.37 × 26.67 cm (15 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund

Accession Number

2022.106.1

Artists / Makers

Gesina ter Borch (artist) Dutch, 1631 - 1690

Gerard ter Borch the Younger (artist) Dutch, 1617 - 1681

Image Use

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Provenance

Miss Phylis Pearson; (her sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 29 March 1968, no. 110, as Aelbert Cuyp); (Edward Speelman [1910-1994], London); private collection, UK;[1] (sale Sotheby’s, New York, 27 January 2022, no. 26); (Salomon Lilian, Geneva);[2] purchased 2022 by NGA.

[1] According to the 2022 Sotheby’s sale catalogue, the family of the seller presumably purchased it from Speelman.

[2] Salomon Lilian offered the painting at TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) in Maastricht, The Netherlands, 24-30 June 2022.

Associated Names

Lilian, Salomon, Mr.

Bibliography

2023: Wiesman, Marjorie E. " Gifts and Acquisitions." Art for the Nationno. 67 (Fall 2023): 26, repro, 27.