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Woman at a Cradle
Also titled Vrouw bij de wieg
Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht, 1634–1693)
1652 - 1662
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 33.8 cm x width 28.8 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
- 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
Has the baby fallen asleep yet? A woman carefully lifts the cloth draped over the cradle. Her book of verses rests in her lap. The fall of light and warm red hues of the blanket draw attention to the woman with her child. Maes heightened the intimacy of this scene by incorporating a drawn-back curtain at the right.
