Heer die een dame het hof maakt, BI-1890-1952-61, Gesina ter Borch, circa 1654

Identification title(s): gentleman courting a lady. Object type: drawing calligraphy poem watercolor object number: bi-1890-1952-61. Catalog reference: kettering 61-gs. Note: folio 61. Description: gentleman wooing a lady under a love complaint without a melody indicated. Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: gesina ter borch calligrapher: gesina ter borch. Place of manufacture: zwolle. Dating: ca. 1654. Physical characteristics: pen in brown, brush in black and colours, some places heightened with silver. Material: paper pen (feather) ink watercolor technique: brush / calligraphy. Dimensions: sheet: h 313 mm × w 204 mmexplanationthe poem was already known in the second quarter of the 17th century, as can be seen from a sheet on which it appears under the title 'een nieu lieken seer cortoy' (ghent university library). Credit line: purchase with the support of the rembrandt association. Acquisition: purchase feb-1887. Date: circa 1654.