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

Helena van der Schalcke as a Child

c. 1644
Oil on panel, 34 x 29 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

In 1635-36 Terborch was in London where he acquired familiarity with the English court portraiture. During the 1640s he began to make extraordinary small and miniature portraits. One of the most touching is his tiny portrait of Helena van der Schalcke as a Child, which holds his own when hung next to the pictures Hals and Rembrandt made of children.