Ter Borch's works more than meets the eye

Chicago Sun-Times | February 25, 2005| | Copyright

For the Detroit Institute of Arts' latest exhibit opening Sunday, "Gerard ter Borch Master Works," the Motor City's finest museum seems to be borrowing a page from Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.

"I'd like to think that people are looking at master works because they are master works," says Sue Troia, program manager/docent development manager at the DIA. "Still, if people can look at art and enjoy it for what it is, I suppose we can thank Brown for that in a way."

While Brown's book focuses on the works of an Italian master, there are secrets to be mined from the Dutch painter Ter Borch, too. ...

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