Gerard ter Borch, 1653 - The Messenger, known asThe Unwelcome News - fine art print

This over 360 year old artpiece The Messenger, known asThe Unwelcome News was created by the baroque master Gerard ter Borch. The more than 360 year-old original measures the size height: 66,9 cm width: 59,3 cm | height: 26,3 in width: 23,3 in. Oil on panel was applied by the painter as the medium of the piece of art. The original artwork has the following text as inscrption: signed and dated: GTB / 1653. Besides, this artwork is in the the digital art collection of Mauritshuis. With courtesy of - Mauritshuis, The Hague (licensed: public domain). Furthermore, the artpiece has the following creditline: Possibly identical with a painting in the sale of Petronella de la Court, widow of Adam Oortmans, Amsterdam, 19 October 1707 (Lugt 207), no. 31 (‘Een Trompetter by een Krygsoverste, van Gerard ter Burg’; 92 guilders); Govert van Slingelandt, The Hague, in or before 1752-1767; his widow, Agatha Huydecoper, The Hague, 1767-1768; Van Slingelandt sale, The Hague, 18 May 1768 (Lugt 1683), no. 31; the entire collection van Slingelandt sold to Prince William V; Prince William V, The Hague, 1768-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822. Moreover, alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Gerard ter Borch was an artist, whose art style can be classified as Baroque. The artist lived for a total of 64 years and was born in the year 1617 and passed away in the year 1681.

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Possibly identical with a painting in the sale of Petronella de la Court, widow of Adam Oortmans, Amsterdam, 19 October 1707 (Lugt 207), no. 31 (‘Een Trompetter by een Krygsoverste, van Gerard ter Burg’; 92 guilders); Govert van Slingelandt, The Hague, in or before 1752-1767; his widow, Agatha Huydecoper, The Hague, 1767-1768; Van Slingelandt sale, The Hague, 18 May 1768 (Lugt 1683), no. 31; the entire collection van Slingelandt sold to Prince William V; Prince William V, The Hague, 1768-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822

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