# Interior with a Mother Combing Her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘Maternal Care’

- By: Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg, 1639–1684)
- Date: 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](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-293--939a853828aae61222950c4ecf762d23)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/keTFT/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)

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?