A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’. A mother thoroughly inspects her child’s head for lice. She pursues her task in a sober Dutch interior, withDelft blue tiles and a box bed. In the right foreground is a ‘kakstoel’, or potty chair. Through the doorway is aglimpse of a sunny back room and a garden. De Hooch specialized in such ‘through-views’.

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Size: 2500px × 2177px
Photo credit: © BTEU/RKMLGE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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