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A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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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'.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineA Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’. c. 1660 - c. 1661. Pieter de Hooch. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
