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Two wet nurses
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Outside stand two women with African features and short curly hair facing each other. The woman on the left wears a wrap skirt (redda) and a Portuguese blouse with long sleeves (hatte), under which her breasts are visible. In the waist of her tucked-in wrap skirt an object protrudes, possibly a knife handle. The woman on the right also wears a wrap skirt (redda) but no upper clothing. They are likely wet nurses. Page 107 from a sketchbook with 117 pages.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTwo wet nurses. 1662. Esaias Boursse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
