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    • Curiosity, ca. 1660
    Gerard ter Borch, the Younger (Dutch, 1617–1681)
    Oil on canvas; 30 x 24 1/2 in. (76.2 x 62.2 cm)
    The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.38)

    Although ter Borch worked in Deventer, well to the east of Holland's main artistic centers, he painted some of the most sophisticated genre scenes of his time. In this canvas of about 1660, the costumes and interior decoration represent the height of patrician taste. The anecdotal title dates from the eighteenth century. Lady at Her Toilet in the Detroit Institute of Arts was possibly painted as a pendant to the present picture.

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  • Quodbach, Esmée. "The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 65, no. 1 (Summer, 2007).
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    • Curiosity, ca. 1660
    Gerard ter Borch, the Younger (Dutch, 1617–1681)
    Oil on canvas; 30 x 24 1/2 in. (76.2 x 62.2 cm)
    The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.38)

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