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Pieter de Hooch, A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest) · Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamView original →
Pieter de Hooch

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

c. 1660 - c. 1661

Current Collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium
canvas
Dimensions
52.5 × 61 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-114690

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’.

Provenance

On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)

Registry history

  • c. 1660 - c. 1661 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum

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