This painting, one of the key works of Ter Borch’s maturity, probably dates from about 1660–62. Though it was painted when the artist lived in Deventer, the luxurious interior and elegantly attired figures evoke the cosmopolitan milieu of Amsterdam
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Excavated by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 1912. Acquired by Lord Carnarvon in the division of finds. Carnarvon Collection, 1912-1926. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926
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Inscription: [on black band against background] PADRE MIO SIENO SALVI CHOSTORO PEQUALI TU / VOLESTI CHIO PATISSI PASSIONE (My Father, let those be saved for whom you wished me to suffer the Passion); DOLCIXIMO FIGLIUOLO PELLAC: / TE CHIO TIDIE ABBI MIA DI CHOSTORO (Dearest Son, because of the milk that I gave you, have mercy on them)
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reportedly the parish church, Castelfranco di Sopra, near Florence (until late 18th century); the Baglioni family, villa Baglioni, Cerreto (late 18th century–about 1903); [Stefano Bardini, Florence, until 1903; probably sold for 115,000 lire through A
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Watteau, the son of a roofer, left Valenciennes for Paris about 1702 to work there as a copyist and assistant to Claude Gillot (1673–1722) and Claude III Audrun (1658–1734). He became interested in theater and fell under the spell of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
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