TERBORCH, Gerard
(b. 1617, Zwolle, d. 1681, Deventer)

Portrait of a Man Reading

c. 1675
Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Terborch, a refined painter of domestic scenes, was also a reasonably successful portraitist. His portraits have the same character as his genre paintings. They include incidental details and portray their subjects within domestic interiors.