Drie kinderen bij het graf van hun moeder 1830

"Drie kinderen bij het graf van hun moeder" (Three children by their mother's grave), an 1830 print by Pieter van der Meulen, depicts a poignant scene of three children mourning at a gravesite near a church. The work, housed in the Rijksmuseum, evokes a sense of loss and remembrance with its simple composition. Van der Meulen's meticulous detail in the children's postures and the surrounding foliage underscores the somber atmosphere of the piece. This print exemplifies the artist's focus on sentimental and emotionally charged subjects popular in 19th-century Dutch art.