The wife of Deventer's mayor, Jan van Duren, painted as a pair with her husband's portrait, also in our collection. Ter Borch was a master at painting fabric, and her dress seems to shimmer in the quiet, gray room.
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Margaretha van Haexbergen
Gerard ter Borch · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gerard ter Borch the Younger, ca. 1666–67. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).