# Old Woman and Boy before a Frugal Meal [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TERBORCH, Gerard]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 29 x 22 cm ## Commentary Low-life domestic scenes are quite unusual for Terborch, who was best known for his elegant interiors and military scenes. The present painting was considered to be a nineteenth-century copy, but after cleaning and technical examination in 2005 it was identified to be a signed original. Terborch was inspired by similar domestic interior scenes by Leiden artists such as Quiringh van Brekelenkam and Gerrit Dou, who also set their figures in larger spaces filled with domestic details. ## Related artworks - [A Concert]() - [A Lady Reading a Letter]() - [A Woman Spinning]() - [A Young Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men]() - [An Officer Writing a Letter]() - [Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas]() - [Burgomaster Jan van Duren]() - [Card-Players]() - [Curiosity]() - [Helena van der Schalcke as a Child]() - [Lady at her Toilette]() - [Lady Reading a Letter \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()