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Three Regentesses and the ‘House Mother’ of the Amsterdam Lepers’ Asylum
Also titled Drie regentessen en de binnenmoeder van het leprozenhuis te Amsterdam
Werner van den Valckert (ca. –in o)
1624
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- overall: weight 31.2 kg
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
<p><span lang="EN-US">Seated at the table are the regentesses Trijntje ten Bergh, Anna Willekens, and Trijntje Felincx. Between them stands Marritje Roelofs, the ‘house mother’ responsible for the daily running of the asylum, including providing the meals. On the table lie a register, (small bags of) coins, and a counting board, all referring to the regentesses’ administrative tasks, such as record-keeping and financial management. </span></p>
