Gerard ter Borch the Younger, (painter), Dutch, 1617 - 1681, The Suitor's Visit, c. 1658, oil on canvas, overall: 80 x 75 cm (31 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.), framed: x 106 x cm (43 5/8 x 41 3/4 x 5 in.), Dutch seventeenth-century artists drew their subject matter from all elements of society. The refinement of the wealthy burghers in the second half of the century was best captured by Gerard ter Borch the Younger. His exquisite painting technique, which consisted of delicate touches with the brush and the use of thin glazes to suggest transparencies, allowed him to create realistic textural

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