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Interior with a Mother Delousing her Child's Hair, known as 'A Mother's Duty'
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A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair

Pieter de Hooch

ca. 1660 - ca. 1661

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 52.5cm × w 61cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

'motherly care', delousing; interior of the house; built-in bedstead (Dutch: 'bedstee'); dog; picture, painting

Acquisition Method

loan

Acquired

1885

Notes

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

Collection Type

paintings

About Pieter de Hooch

1629–1684 • Dutch Republic

Comment on works: Genre; Interiors; Guard room scenes; Stable interiors; Gamblers

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