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A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’

Pieter de Hoochca. 1660 - ca. 1661

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

A mother thoroughly inspects her child’s head for lice. She pursues her task in a sober Dutch interior, with Delft blue tiles and a box bed. In the right foreground is a ‘kakstoel’, or potty chair. Through the doorway is a glimpse of a sunny back room and a garden. De Hooch specialized in such ‘through-views’.

Details

  • Title: A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’
  • Creator: Hooch, Pieter de
  • Date Created: ca. 1660 - ca. 1661
  • Physical Dimensions: doek
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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