gerard ter borch: an elective affinity of mirrors, and brothels

art mirrors art 2014 © ©

Ter Borch: An elective affinity of mirrors

(and brothels)


Gerard ter Borch (1617 - 1681)


Gerard ter Borch – Paternal Admonition (c.1654) in Rijksmuseum


Gerard ter Borch - Paternal Admonition (c.1654)


The Mirror


Rijksmuseum Google Art Institute


‘Indecent’ Mirror

art mirrors art 2014 © © Amsterdam circa 1620s


Self-portraits of Gerard ter Borch (c.1670s)


Early studies: Landscapes


Early studies: Urbanscapes


Woman writing a letter (c.1655) The girl reading a letter (1654)


Suitor’s visit (1658)


Pieter Janssens Elinga - An interior with a painter, his wife, and a maid (1676)


Paternal Admonition in Rijksmuseum

Paternal Admonition in Gemäldegalerie, Berlin



Follower’s Copy of Paternal Admonition



The Music Lesson (c.1660s)


Man Offering a Woman Coins (1664) A lady being propositioned by two gentlemen (1662)


Singing Lesson (1664) The Duet: Singer and Theorbo Player (c.1660)


The Duet: Singer and Theorbo Player (c.1660) - A mirror?

A mirror?


A Messenger (c.1672) Woman in white sateen

in front of a bed with red curtains‘ (c. 1655)

Same Dress


Woman in front of a mirror‘ (c.1652)


Lady at her Toilette (c.1660)


The Letter (1660)


No mirror, but a magnificent candelabra


Studies (with mirrors)


A visit (c.1672)


The Visit (c.1650s)


Woman Washing Hands (1658)


Woman in her bedroom with a maid (1658)


Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid (1650)


A Lady Dressing her Hair (c.1650) A Lady Dressing her Hair (c.1654)


From one ‘Indecent’ Mirror…


From ‘basic’ mirrors to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to mirrors deluxe

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From no use…

…to active use


Not all ter Borch’s mirrors are “brothel’s ones’ !

(if any ☺)


One more mirror, a very strange one - Consultation (c.1660s)

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