# A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’

- By: Pieter de Hooch (Rotterdam, 1629–in o)
- Date: c. 1660 - c. 1661
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 52.5 cm x width 61 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-149--a04f41193ef4a71d4a242e7b831ca0e4)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/SgpJY/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)

A mother thoroughly inspects her child’s head for lice. She pursues her task in a sober Dutch interior, with Delft blue tiles and a box bed. In the right foreground is a ‘kakstoel’, or potty chair. Through the doorway is a glimpse of a sunny back room and a garden. De Hooch specialized in such ‘through-views’.