'A Mother's Blessing', by Moritz Calisch, 1844
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'A Mother's Blessing'

Also titled 'Moederzegen'

Moritz Calisch (Amsterdam, 1819–1870)

1844

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
depth 9 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
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

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

Een meisje knielt bij haar moeder en ontvangt haar zegen. Achter haar staat de vader. Naast de moeder een spinnewiel.