A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier | |
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Artist | Gerard ter Borch |
Year | c. 1658 |
Medium | Oil on wood |
Dimensions | 36.8 cm × 32.4 cm (14.5 in × 12.8 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Accession | 14.40.617 |
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier is an oil on wood painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch the Younger, created c. 1658. The work depicts a young woman playing a theorbo while her lover looks on. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [1]
Ter Borch's painting portrays a scene in which a young woman plays a theorbo-lute (a stringed instrument) while her suitor sits nearby. The man is a cavalier, a 17th-century soldier, and he is seen to be sitting atop a cloth-covered table. His sword is laid flat to his left, while a songbook (a common lovers' gift during the time period) rests nearby. A watch, possibly representing temperance or the fleeting nature of the affair, lies near the other objects. [1] [2]
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier | |
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Artist | Gerard ter Borch |
Year | c. 1658 |
Medium | Oil on wood |
Dimensions | 36.8 cm × 32.4 cm (14.5 in × 12.8 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Accession | 14.40.617 |
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier is an oil on wood painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch the Younger, created c. 1658. The work depicts a young woman playing a theorbo while her lover looks on. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [1]
Ter Borch's painting portrays a scene in which a young woman plays a theorbo-lute (a stringed instrument) while her suitor sits nearby. The man is a cavalier, a 17th-century soldier, and he is seen to be sitting atop a cloth-covered table. His sword is laid flat to his left, while a songbook (a common lovers' gift during the time period) rests nearby. A watch, possibly representing temperance or the fleeting nature of the affair, lies near the other objects. [1] [2]