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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Boy Playing Golf
Gerard ter Borch the Elder, drawing, c. 1610–1620 · drawing
What it is
Gerard ter Borch the Elder’s drawing of a boy with a kolf club, made in the first decades of the seventeenth century.
Why it matters
A second great Dutch name on the wall, and the earliest drawing here of a single player rather than a crowd.
What to notice
It is a study, not a picture — drawn to learn the pose, and it keeps the looseness of that.
Before the game had institutions it had children copying adults.
Provenance
- Maker
- Gerard ter Borch the Elder, drawing, c. 1610–1620
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- drawing
- Made
- 1615
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · RP-T-1887-A-743) · RP-T-1887-A-743(V)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
