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'The Young Mother'
A young mother sits by the window with her needlework. Beside her, a serving girl kneels next to the cradle. It is painted by Gerrit Dou, the forefather of the Leiden ‘fijnschilders’, or fine painters. He worked with such precision, you can hardly see the individual brushstrokes. In 1660, this painting was part of a diplomatic gift from Holland to the new king of England, Charles II. On receiving …
Creator
- Gerrit Dou
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1658 - 1658
- 1658/1658
- 1658/1658
Medium
- panel
Creator
- Gerrit Dou
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1658 - 1658
- 1658/1658
- 1658/1658
Medium
- panel
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Identifier
- 32
- resource_document_mauritshuis_32
Format
- 55.5 cm
- 73.7 cm
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-08-02T11:48:22.020Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-28T08:45:41.077Z