The Suitor's Visit
by TERBORCH, Gerard, Oil on canvas, 80 x 75 cm
This is one of Terborch’s many paintings that illustrate the theme of courtship. In a darkened interior embellished with gilt leather walls and an ornate marble and carved wooden fireplace, a group of fashionably dressed youth are gathered. The features of the man entering at the left, the suitor, are reputedly those of Terborch’s talented pupil Caspar Netscher.