Gesina ter Borch

This absorbing monograph is the first to detail the captivating life and oeuvre of the Dutch artist Gesina ter Borch.

Gesina ter Borch (1631-1690), a Dutch watercolorist and draftswoman—and the younger half-sister of painter Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681)—is one of the most well-known women artists of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Her oeuvre is securely attributed and thoroughly catalogued, with three albums of her watercolors and calligraphy known today; surprisingly, though, she h...