• Was a Dutch Golden Age watercolorist and draftswoman.
• Most of her work captured her observations of family life, current events, and fashionable people.
• In addition to the visual arts, Gesina wrote love poetry.
• Gesina ter Borch was born on 15 November 1631 in Deventer in the Dutch Republic.
• She was the first child of the third marriage of Gerard ter Borch the Elder, who taught her to draw and paint.
• Her half-brother Gerard ter Borch II enjoyed artistic success and corresponded with Gesina frequently.
• After the loss of her younger brother, Moses, to the Second English War, Gesina's work conveyed her deep sadness.
• She lived her whole life on the Sassenstraat in Zwolle, where she died on 16 April 1690.
• Gesina never married during her lifetime.
• In 1660, she became friends with Henrik Jordis, who was a merchant from Amsterdam and an amateur poet.
• Gesina was a model for many of the ladies that are depicted in Gerard's works Ladies in Satin.
• While only one painting by Gesina ter Borch is known, three watercolor albums survive, as well as 59 loose sheets of drawings.
• Her work was not widely known during her lifetime, because she was an amateur rather than a professional artist.
• In March of 2021 Borch's work was added to the "Gallery of Honor" at the Rijksmuseum.
