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Gerard ter Borch

1617 - 1681

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Gerard ter Borch (Dutch: [ˈɣeːrɑrt tɛr ˈbɔr(ə)x]; December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg (Dutch: [ˈɣeːrɑrt tɛrˈbʏr(ə)x]), was a Dutch Golden Age painter mainly of genre subjects. He influenced his fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu, Gerrit Dou, Eglon van der Neer and Johannes Vermeer. According to Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Ter Borch "established a new framework for subject matter, taking people into the sanctum of the home", showing the figures' uncertainties and expertly hinting at their inner lives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard ter Borch has received more than 165,443 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Gerard ter Borch is the 239th most popular painter (up from 269th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 19th most popular Dutch Painter.

Gerard ter Borch is most famous for his paintings of domestic scenes, portraits, and genre scenes.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gerard ter Borch ranks 239 out of 2,023. Before him are Nicholas Roerich, Lorenzo di Credi, Jacopo Bellini, Jacques Callot, Angela Hitler, and Marie Bashkirtseff. After him are Antonio del Pollaiolo, Sebastiano del Piombo, Il Sodoma, George Grosz, Gabriël Metsu, and Georges Rouault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1617, Gerard ter Borch ranks 3. Before him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and 5th Dalai Lama. After him are Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Leopoldo de' Medici, Adil Giray, Emanuel de Witte, Elias Ashmole, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, and Yun Hyu. Among people deceased in 1681, Gerard ter Borch ranks 2. Before him is Pedro Calderón de la Barca. After him are Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Jahanara Begum, Zheng Jing, Justus Sustermans, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard ter Borch ranks 97 out of 1,646. Before him are Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), Sophia of Hanover (1630), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Menno Simons (1496), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), and Geert Wilders (1963). After him are Gabriël Metsu (1629), Carel Fabritius (1622), Joris Ivens (1898), Norbert of Xanten (1080), Leo Beenhakker (1942), and Multatuli (1820).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Gerard ter Borch ranks 19. Before him are Dieric Bouts (1415), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), Petrus Christus (1410), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Lucas van Leyden (1494), and Gerard van Honthorst (1592). After him are Gabriël Metsu (1629), Carel Fabritius (1622), Kees van Dongen (1877), Jan van Goyen (1596), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), and Judith Leyster (1609).

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