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Caspar Netscher

A lady washing her hands

Netscher painted A lady washing her hands in 1657, when he was still working in Ter Borch’s studio. Hand washing was a popular motif in seventeenth-century art and literature and was often used as a metaphor for purity and innocence – a notion with Christian origins. Never mind that we are watching a bordello scene here!

Artist Caspar Netscher
Title A lady washing her hands
Date 1657
Technique Oil
Materials Panel
Dimensions 49.3 x 40.3
Signed & dated Signed and dated at lower left, on the chair: C. Netscher 1657

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