Gerard ter Borch, The Concert, 1655, color on wood, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous Huxley, Music at Night
Dutch Golden Age artist Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681) is remembered for his genre scenes of everyday life. Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was a leading novelist and thinker of the first half of the twentieth century, writing several books including the futuristic Brave New World.
