Gerard ter Borch the Elder (c. 1582-83 - 1662)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• He was born and died in Zwolle.
• According to Arnold Houbraken, who referred to him as Gerard Terburg's father, he was a good painter who had spent many years in Rome and who was the first teacher of his better known son.
• According to the RKD, he was the pupil of Pieter de Molijn.
• He became the father of the painters Gerard II, Gesina, Harmen and Moses.
• He was in Italy during the years 1604–1611.
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