A Man Standing Seen from the Back

Gerard ter Borchc. 1630

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Title: A Man Standing Seen from the Back
Creator: Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617-1681)
Date Created: c. 1630
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 28.9 x 15 cm (11 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance: E. Desperet, Paris, Michel Amédée Besnus, Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland, Robert Hays Gries, Cleveland, E. Desperet, Paris (Lugt 721, lower left, in black ink); his sale Paris, 7-13 June 1865, lot 308 (photocopy of catalog in department file). Michel Amédée Besnus (Lugt 78a, not stamped); his sale Paris, 8 March 1922, lot 140 (transcript of catalog entry in department file); Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland (according to transcript of 1922 sale, purchased at a later sale of Besnus collection for 950 francs). Robert Hays Gries, Cleveland
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.603
Medium: black chalk heightened with traces of white chalk; framing lines in brown ink
Inscriptions: VERSO, lower center, in graphite: Gérard Terburg ; ON SEPERATELY ATTACHED PIECE OF PAPER, center, printed in black ink: TERBURG (G.) / 83 --- Gentilhomme en pied, vu de dos. / Beau dessin à la pierre noire sur papier teinté. / Collection Desperet.
Department: Drawings
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hays Gries
Collection: DR - Dutch
Accession Number: 1941.603

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