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A slideshow for my blog posting in Art Mirrors Art (http://artmirrorsart.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/ter-borch-an-elective-affinitty-of-mirrors-and-brothels/), about mirrors in the work of Dutch painter Gerard ter Borch, and their possible (mis)interpretation.
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Ter Borch: An elective affinity of mirrors
(and brothels)
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Gerard ter Borch (1617 - 1681)
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Gerard ter Borch – Paternal Admonition (c.1654) in Rijksmuseum
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Gerard ter Borch - Paternal Admonition (c.1654)
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The Mirror
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Rijksmuseum Google Art Institute
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‘Indecent’ Mirror
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Self-portraits of Gerard ter Borch (c.1670s)
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Early studies: Landscapes
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Early studies: Urbanscapes
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Woman writing a letter (c.1655) The girl reading a letter (1654)
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Suitor’s visit (1658)
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Pieter Janssens Elinga - An interior with a painter, his wife, and a maid (1676)
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Paternal Admonition in Rijksmuseum
Paternal Admonition in Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
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Paternal Admonition in Rijksmuseum
Follower’s Copy of Paternal Admonition
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Paternal Admonition in Rijksmuseum
The Music Lesson (c.1660s)
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Man Offering a Woman Coins (1664) A lady being propositioned by two gentlemen (1662)
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Singing Lesson (1664) The Duet: Singer and Theorbo Player (c.1660)
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The Duet: Singer and Theorbo Player (c.1660) - A mirror?
A mirror?
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A Messenger (c.1672) Woman in white sateen
in front of a bed with red curtains‘ (c. 1655)
Same Dress
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Woman in front of a mirror‘ (c.1652)
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Lady at her Toilette (c.1660)
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The Letter (1660)
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No mirror, but a magnificent candelabra
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Studies (with mirrors)
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A visit (c.1672)
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The Visit (c.1650s)
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Woman Washing Hands (1658)
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Woman in her bedroom with a maid (1658)
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Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid (1650)
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A Lady Dressing her Hair (c.1650) A Lady Dressing her Hair (c.1654)
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From one ‘Indecent’ Mirror…
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From ‘basic’ mirrors to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to mirrors deluxe
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From no use…
…to active use
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Not all ter Borch’s mirrors are “brothel’s ones’ !
(if any ☺)
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One more mirror, a very strange one - Consultation (c.1660s)
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