Moses ter Borch (1645–1667)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Moses ter Borch was born in Zwolle.
• He was the youngest son of Gerard ter Borch the Elder and the brother of Gerard ter Borch and Gesina ter Borch, who taught him to draw and paint.
• He was killed in the storming of the English fort Languard near Felixstowe in 1667.
• Moses had fought in the Dutch navy against the English since 1664.
• He died and was buried in Harwich as the result of wounds suffered during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
• His work mostly consists of drawings.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Moses ter Borch, Self-portrait, So-Called `Portrait of Jan Fabus`, ca. 1660-1661.
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