Het zieke kind
1664
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1664
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Het zieke kind is a 1664 unspecified by Unknown, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Rijksmuseum.
A pale child slumps in a woman’s lap while she dabs the kid’s forehead with a cloth. Sunlight slants through a window, lighting the mother’s worried face and the rumpled bedsheets. The picture was painted in Amsterdam during a plague year that killed thousands. The mother’s pose looks like Mary holding Jesus after the crucifixion, and a small painting of Christ on the cross hangs on the wall behind them. To see more quiet scenes of sickness and care, visit the Rijksmuseum.
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