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Nicolaas van der Waay, Reading orphan girl from the Amsterdam Municipal Orphanage, 19th century

Van der Waay, Nicolaas (schilder)
year: 18XX

type: schilderij
painting
detail: nee
dimensions: 69 x 43,5 cm.
related terms: lezen leesgedrag
period: 19e eeuw
classification:
K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding

contents: Reading orphan girl from the Amsterdam municipal orphanage, recognisable from her stylish red and black uniform, painted by Nicolaas van der Waay (1855-1936). The girl is from a good home because the Amsterdam municipal orphanage did not accept foundlings or poor children. The orphans were given a good upbringing: because of the secularisation of ecclesiastical property during the Eighty Years' War, the orphanage had plenty financial resources for years to come.

origineel:
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Amsterdam Rijksmuseum




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