Woman (Aaltje?) Standing next to Death in the Sint-Michaëlskerk, Zwolle, by Borch (1671, c.)

Woman (Aaltje?) Standing next to Death in the Sint-Michaëlskerk, Zwolle, by Borch (1671, c.)

Original title: Vrouw (Aeltien?) staand naast de Dood in de Sint-Michaëlskerk, Zwolle ("Woman (Aaltje?) Standing next to Death in the Sint-Michaëlskerk, Zwolle").

"Woman standing in the choir of the Sint-Michaëlskerk in Zwolle, possibly Gesina's sister Aleida or Aeltien ter Borch. In the foreground an open grave can be seen next to a tombstone with the arms of the Ter Borchs and Condewijn families. The tombstone reads: A.T B.obit, 1671.23 octob." (Translated description from Rijksmuseum, Netherlands, https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BI-1887-1463-76, Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200610105537/https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BI-1887-1463-76)

The skeleton dancing next to the woman appears with a pink cloth around it and with flowers or feathers ornament around its skull. There is a visible difference between the remains outside the open grave and the skeleton dancing next to the woman.

Borch, Gesina ter (1633-1690)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BI-1887-1463-76

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.477151

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200610105537/https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BI-1887-1463-76

Object Number: BI-1887-1463-76

1671, c.

Paper, chalk and watercolor.
Dimensions: 24.3 × 36 cm