{"product_id":"boerenpaar-van-achteren-gesina-ter-borch","title":"Boerenpaar, van achteren - Gesina ter Borch","description":"\u003cp\u003eA delicate seventeenth-century watercolour and ink drawing from the personal album of Gesina ter Borch, featuring a peasant couple and calligraphic verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work by Gesina ter Borch originates from her personal album, a collection of drawings, poems, and transcriptions that offer a window into the cultural life of a seventeenth-century Dutch woman. The composition features a peasant couple viewed from behind, walking along a path towards a distant horizon. The figures are rendered with delicate ink outlines and soft watercolour washes, typical of the amateur yet highly skilled artistic practice common among the Dutch elite of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scene is accompanied by a poem written in elegant calligraphy, which occupies the upper portion of the page. This combination of text and image was a popular format for personal albums, allowing the owner to express sentiments on love, nature, and pastoral life. The couple, dressed in simple rural attire, provides a contrast to the refined nature of the manuscript itself. The woman carries a yoke with buckets, while the man leans on a staff, their posture suggesting a quiet, steady journey through a landscape that includes a small tree and a distant village silhouette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGesina ter Borch was a member of a prominent artistic family in Deventer. Her work is characterised by an observational quality, capturing both the fashions of her time and the pastoral themes that occupied the imagination of her contemporaries. The palette remains restrained, relying on muted earth tones and soft blues to create a sense of atmosphere. This print captures the original page layout, preserving the relationship between the written verse and the illustrative drawing. It is a piece that speaks to the private, intellectual, and creative habits of the Dutch Golden Age, far removed from the large-scale oil paintings intended for public display.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gesina ter Borch","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58417039311183,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ -","offer_id":58417081778511,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ -","offer_id":58417081811279,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ Black frame","offer_id":58417081844047,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ Wood frame","offer_id":58417081876815,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":58417081909583,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ Black frame","offer_id":58417081942351,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ Wood frame","offer_id":58417081975119,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":58417082007887,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ Black frame","offer_id":58417082040655,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ Wood frame","offer_id":58417082073423,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":58417082106191,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Boerenpaar-van-achteren_Poster_CompositorV1_1786153291222_90ae1651-10f8-472f-9cd1-4ee7346c73fa.jpg?v=1786153869","url":"https:\/\/www.solisprints.co.uk\/products\/boerenpaar-van-achteren-gesina-ter-borch","provider":"Solis Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}