Student Sitting before a Table with Globe and Books, between 1723 and 1799

  • William Baillie, English, 1723-1810
  • Gerard ter Borch, Dutch, 1617-1681

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 11 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (29.2 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 14 1/4 × 12 inches (36.2 × 30.5 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S67

Signed, in plate, lower right: WBaillie

Inscribed, in plate, center lower margin: Engrav'd chiefly by memory from a Picture of Terburgh Inscribed, in pencil, center lower margin of sheet: No -67- A Student sitting before a table with globe and book | By Captain William Bailly

October 1886, C.A. Henriques sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

William Baillie; after Gerard ter Borch, Student Sitting before a Table with Globe and Books, between 1723 and 1799, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S67.