Dienstmeisje en melkverkoopster 1803 - 1829

"Dienstmeisje en melkverkoopster," a watercolor by Ludwig Gottlieb Portman (1772-1828), depicts two Dutch women, a maid and a milk seller, engaged in their daily tasks. The maid stands at the door of a house while the milk seller, holding a pitcher, pours milk into a large container. This watercolor, now in the Rijksmuseum, likely comes from a series of illustrations that captured the everyday lives of the people of the Netherlands.