Interior with a Mother Combing Her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘Maternal Care’
Also titled Interieur met een moeder die het haar van haar kind kamt, bekend als ‘Moederzorg’
Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg, 1639–1684)
1669
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 44.5 cm x width 38 cm x height 61 cm x width 53.5 cm x thickness 4.7 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
These two children serve as examples of good and bad upbringing. Toys litter the floor in a dimly lit bedroom. A mother combs the long curls of her son, who obediently leans on her lap. Meanwhile, her daughter mischievously sticks out her tongue in the mirror – is it directed at her reflection or at the maid in the background?
