Gerard ter Borch the Younger
painted Mother Combing the Hair of Her Child. in 1652 Related Paintings of Gerard ter Borch the Younger :. | Portrait of Helena van der Schalcke (1646-1671). | Portrait of Cornelis de Graeff (1650-1678) | Self-portrait. | Reading a letter | Seated girl in peasant costume, probably Gesina (1631-90), the painter's half-sister. | Related Artists: CIGNANI, CarloItalian Baroque Era Painter, 1628-1719
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the leading master in Bologna during the later decades of the 17th century, commanding a position of authority comparable to that of Carlo Maratti in Rome. He bore the title of Conte, and his biographer Giovan Pietro Zanotti wrote that he 'always worked for glory, not for need'. Zanotti's emphasis on Cignani's 'new manner' refers to the reflective, intimate mood of his art, presaged in the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, and in those of Simone Cantarini. This gentle manner, which prevailed in the second half of the 17th century, Sir Edward Coley Burne-jones,Bart.,ARA,RWS1833-1898
F Usher De Voll1873-1941
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