1655
oil
panel
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Moses ter Borch Holding a Kolf Stick is a 1655 oil by Gesina ter Borch, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A woman stands holding a long stick with a ball on the end. She’s dressed in a big fur-lined coat with a fluffy hat, a brown skirt with black stitching, and a dark jacket. Her left hand rests on a small dog peeking out from under her arm. This is a painting of someone playing a game called *kolf*, an old Dutch sport. The artist made the fur look real and the shadows deep. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how light and dark create drama in paintings.
Gesina ter Borch (Deventer 15 November 1631 – Zwolle 16 April 1690) was a Dutch Golden Age watercolorist and draftswoman, whose work mostly consists of watercolor paintings in albums.
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