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

The Knifegrinder's Family

1653-55
Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Terborch's Knifegrinder's Family is atypical. The painter's approach gives the subject - labour and poverty - the spiritual intensity of a parable.