Portret van Truitje van Wijk als baby met haar vader Possibly 1910 - 1924

This tiny portrait of Truitje van Wijk as a baby with her father, probably made with a camera by Albert Greiner in Amsterdam, is just so charming. It's amazing, isn't it, how the most seemingly straightforward images can hold so much feeling. I can imagine Greiner, focused and serious behind his camera, trying to capture not just their likenesses but something deeper, a bond. The dad is looking straight at us, or rather the camera with a kind of ‘here she is’ feeling. Thinking about it, this little picture is like a conversation across time, a moment of connection between Greiner, the van Wijk family, and us, standing here looking. It reminds me that every work of art, no matter how small or simple, is part of an ongoing exchange of ideas and emotions, inspiring new ways of seeing and feeling the world.