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Mother Fleaing Her Child, Known as 'The Maternal Duty'
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Mother Fleaing Her Child, Known as 'The Maternal Duty'

Christiaan Lodewijk van Kesteren · 1861 · steel engraving; paper; chine collé

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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In a room, sitting before a bed alcove, a mother is picking lice from her child. To the right a high chair and to the left a dog sits on the tiled floor. Above the door a small painting with a landscape.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printdog'motherly care', delousing
Credit lineMoeder die haar kind vlooit, bekend als ‘de Moedertaak'. 1861. Christiaan Lodewijk van Kesteren. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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