# Two Mothers

- By: Frans Stracké (Dorsten, 1820–1898)
- Date: 1893
- Medium: terracotta (clay material)
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 90 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-2003-23--505f58d9de0ea4ad06d92769075065d7)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/tAlAp/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This sweet scene reflects increasing interest in the lives of fishermen. The statue shows a young woman holding her child, with her dog’s uppies gathered in her apron. Yet life is not a bed of roses for this barefoot fisherman’s wife. She has only two fish in her pouch, and the net that she drags behind her is empty.