Interior with a Mother Delousing her Child's Hair, known as 'A Mother's Duty'
Pieter de Hooch
ca. 1660 - ca. 1661
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
52.5; 61
About this artwork
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
About the Artist
Pieter de Hooch · 1629–1684
Pieter Hendricksz de Hooch (1629-after 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his masterful depictions of domestic interiors and sun-drenched courtyards. Born in Rotterdam to working-class parents, he became one of the most celebrated genre painters of the seventeenth century. Working primarily in Delft from 1652 to 1660, de Hooch revolutionized interior painting through his unprecedent...