Document: The Newborn Baby, Matthijs Naiveu, Dutch 1675

Holding Institution
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Document ID
MET-71.160
Description

The Newborn Baby, Matthijs Naiveau, Dutch, 1675

Document Date
1675

Met Museum The Newborn Baby 1675

Translation
Translation

This painting of a wealthy household in the Netherlands shows the beautiful fabrics, bed drapes, carpets, and embroidered clothing that were readily available in Amsterdam in the 17th Century.    New Amsterdam might have looked far simpler, although some wealthier households would have had at least some of these elements.  For example, the foot stove to warm feet in cold weather was commonly used in New Netherland.

Title: The Newborn Baby

Artist: Matthijs Naiveu (Dutch, Leiden 1647–1726 Amsterdam)

Date: 1675

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25 1/4 x 31 1/2 in. (64.1 x 80 cm)

 

References

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain

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Document Finding Aid or Collection
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Link
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437178?exhibitionId=%7B4318132f…