Interior with a Mother delousing her Child 1660

"Interior with a Mother delousing her Child" is a painting by Dutch Golden Age master, Pieter de Hooch, dating back to 1660. The painting depicts a mother carefully combing her child's hair in the interior of a Dutch home, illuminated by a shaft of sunlight streaming through a window. De Hooch was renowned for his depictions of everyday life, often portraying intimate scenes within domestic spaces, as seen in this detailed and tranquil work. Now housed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the painting exemplifies the genre of "genre painting" and showcases De Hooch's masterful use of light and shadow to capture the intimate atmosphere of the scene.