# A Dutch Girl at Breakfast

- Date: c. 1756
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 46.8 cm x width 39 cm
- Credit line: Purchase made possible by the BankGiro Lottery, the Rembrandt Association through its ‘Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit’, Mondriaan Fund, VSBfonds, H.B. van der Ven, The Hague, Fonds De Haseth-Möller/Rijksmuseum Fonds, LOBA Fonds/Rijksmuseum…
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-5039--4af3d5f41746b2b503d25b8f9349ec13)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/1a46f20fef9118b26e91d7409328765a.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A young woman, the painter’s wife, drinks coffee, a popular beverage in the 18th century. In 1775, the magazine De Vaderlander called (in vain) for a coffee boycott: ‘Unfortunate calloused fists had to work the ground for the coffee and sugar that you now hold in your delicate little hands. They were murdered to meet your needs.’