Gerard ter Borch
An Officer Writing a Letter
c. 1657-5841 x 28 cm
Oil on oak panel
Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw
Provenance
Probably in Royal Saxon Collection in the eighteenth century
Stanislaw Augustus Poniatowski (1732-1798), king of Poland, Warsaw, acquired before 1783
his brother, Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813), by inheritance
his sister, Maria Teresa Tyszkiewiczowa (1760-1834), by inheritance
Alexander I, czar of Russia and king of Poland, purchased from the latter in 1817 and kept in Lazienki Palace, Warsaw
by descent
transferred to Russia, c. 1914
restituted to Lazienki Palace, Warsaw, 1922
looted by the German occupation authorities, 1939
restituted to Poland and transferred to the Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1945
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Other works by Gerard ter Borch
The Visitors
c. 1660
c. 1660
The Sleeping Soldier
c. 1652-53
c. 1652-53
A Violinist
Portrait of a Young Lady
c. 1665-70
c. 1665-70
Gallant Conversation
c. 1655
c. 1655