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The Concert: Singer and Theorbo Player
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Gerard ter Borch completed this intimate musical scene showing a singer accompanied by a theorbo player. The figures are dressed in elegant satin garments that shimmer with ter Borch's characteristic mastery of fabric textures. The refined interior suggests a prosperous Dutch household engaged in cultivated entertainment.
Ter Borch specialized in small-scale genre scenes of the Dutch upper classes, capturing moments of quiet domestic refinement. His ability to render silk and satin was unmatched among Dutch painters. Now at the Louvre in Paris.
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About The Concert: Singer and Theorbo Player
This painting hangs at the Louvre in Paris in the Dutch paintings galleries. The museum has an excellent collection of Dutch Golden Age works including paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Frans Hals.
A theorbo is a large bass lute popular in the 17th century for accompanying singers and in chamber music. Ter Borch painted several musical scenes featuring this elegant instrument and its well-dressed performers.
Ter Borch was unrivaled in painting satin and silk fabrics. His ability to capture the sheen and drape of expensive textiles made his small genre paintings highly prized by collectors then and now.
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