Mother and Child in Noord-Holland Costume
1601
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1601
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Mother and Child in Noord-Holland Costume is a 1601 unspecified by Unknown, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Rijksmuseum.
A woman in a stiff lace collar sits in a wooden chair, her young child on her lap. The child wears a tiny pointed cap, a white apron, and jingles on their sleeves. A teething stick dangles from a chain around their neck. This painting shows everyday life in 1600s Holland, not kings or saints. The clothes and toys tell us how children were dressed and soothed back then. The artist didn’t sign it—many small portraits like this were made for families, not museums. To see more quiet family scenes, visit the Rijksmuseum.
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