id:			120892
accession number:	1941.603
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.603
updated:		2024-11-18 23:41:25.375000

A Man Standing Seen from the Back, c. 1630. Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617–1681). Black chalk heightened with traces of white chalk; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 28.9 x 15 cm (11 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1941.603

title:				A Man Standing Seen from the Back
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creation date:			c. 1630
creation date earliest:		1625
creation date latest:		1635
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creditline:			Gift of Robert Hays Gries
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	black chalk heightened with traces of white chalk; framing lines in brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Dutch
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617–1681)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 28.9 x 15 cm (11 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
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	description:	brown laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, lower center, in graphite: Gérard Terburg ; ON SEPERATELY ATTACHED PIECE OF PAPER, center, printed in black ink: TERBURG (G.) / 83 --- Gentilhomme en pied, vu de dos. / Beau dessin à la pierre noire sur papier teinté. / Collection Desperet.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1942-06-17T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).

	title:		Dutch Painting, The Golden Age
	opening date:   1955-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>Dutch Painting, The Golden Age</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955).

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

	title:		Drawings
	opening date:   1963-01-11T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).

	title:		Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands
	opening date:   1965-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965).

	title:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

	title:		Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics
	opening date:   1982-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982).

	title:		Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection
	opening date:   1990-08-07T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	E. Desperet, Paris
	date: 1865    
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	Michel Amédée Besnus
	date: 1922    
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	Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland
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	Robert Hays Gries, Cleveland
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	E. Desperet, Paris (Lugt 721, lower left, in black ink); his sale Paris, 7-13 June 1865, lot 308 (photocopy of catalog in department file). Michel Amédée Besnus (Lugt 78a, not stamped); his sale Paris, 8 March 1922, lot 140 (transcript of catalog entry in department file); Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland (according to transcript of 1922 sale, purchased at a later sale of Besnus collection for 950 francs). Robert Hays Gries, Cleveland
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