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One of the women is handing round sweetmeats, a custom which still exists in the Netherlands to mark the baptism of a baby. Today, the sweetmeats are ‘beschuit met muisjes’ (or 'rusk with mouse', the mouse being aniseed with a sweet coating, pink for a girl and blue for a boy). The women are the ‘gossips’, that is god-siblings or god-parents, who support the parents and the child.
Title
A Kraamkamer (Birth Room)
Date
17th C
Medium
watercolour on paper (?)
Measurements
H 11.8 x W 15.4 cm
Accession number
44688i
Acquisition method
purchased by Henry S. Wellcome from N. Posthumus, 1929
Work type
Watercolour
Wellcome Collection
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