This Dutch painter was born in 1617 in Zwolle into the family of an artist, Gerard Terborch the Elder, who became his first mentor. Then, in 1634, Gerard was apprenticed to Pieter de Molyn in Haarlem, where he also experienced the influence of Frans Hals. He became a member of the Haarlem St. Lukas Guild in 1635 and soon started off on his 5-years travels, visiting England, Italy and France. In 1635, in London, he probably got acquainted with portraits by Van Dyck; in 1640-41 he visited Italy and Spain, where he was admitted by court and painted King Philip IV.
1650s. Oil on canvas. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
c.1654. Oil on wood. Mauritshuis, the Hague, Netherlands.
c.1654-55. Oil on canvas, 33 x 27 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
c.1655. Oil on oak, 53 x 43. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
c.1657-58. Oil on oak, 37.5 x 29 cm. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
c.1658. Oil on canvas, 80 x 75 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
c.1660. Oil on canvas, 76 x 68. The National Trust, Polesden Lacey, UK.
c.1661. Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 36 x 30 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
c.1665. Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 cm. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
c.1675. Oil on panel, 56 x 44 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
. Oil on canvas, 70 x 54 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
. Oil on panel, 58.5 x 47.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
. Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 67 x 54 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
. Oil on panel, 29 x 23.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
. Oil on canvas, 62 x 46 cm. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
. Oil on canvas, 68 x 55 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
. Oil on panel, 27 x 25 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Painting of Western Europe. XVII century. by E. Rotenberg. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1989.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.