Herder en herderin in gesprek, BI-1890-1952-49, Gesina ter Borch, circa 1654

Identification title(s): shepherd and shepherdess in conversation. Object type: drawing calligraphy poem watercolor object number: bi-1890-1952-49. Catalog reference: kettering 61-gs. Note: folio 49. Description: shepherd and shepherdess in conversation under a poem in dialogue form (samen-spraeck). Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: gesina ter borch calligrapher: gesina ter borch. Place of manufacture: zwolle. Date: ca. 1654. Physical characteristics: pen in brown, brush in black and colours. Material: paper pen (feather) ink watercolor technique: brush / calligraphy. Dimensions: sheet: h 313 mm × w 204 mm explanation the poem was written by jan harmens krul and published with the same melody mention in minne-popiens from 1639 and again in the utrechts zang-prieeltien from 1649 (p. 212, also here with the same melody). Credit line: purchase with the support of the rembrandt association. Acquisition: purchase feb-1887. Date: circa 1654.