A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’, Pieter de Hooch, Circa 1658-1660

Interior with a mother delousing her child's hair, known as 'a mother's duty'. The mother sits to the right in front of a bedstede. Further to the right a high chair. To the left a dog sits on the tiled floor looking towards an open window in the adjacent room. Over the door hangs a small landscape painting. Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: Circa 1658-1660. Place of creation: Northern Netherlands. Dimensions: height: 52.5 cm (20.6 in); width: 61 cm (24 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Pieter de hooch moeder ontluist haar kind