Tag: Dutch

• Dutch Baby c.1664 | Jan Steen | Quick Art History

  

  This painting by Jan Steen features common baby accessories from the 17th century: teethers, falling caps, and leading strings:

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 25, 2020

  Babies, Video

  17th century, art history, baby clothes, baby proofing, Dutch, falling cap, generational, Jan Steen, leading strings, learning to walk, painting, rattle, Rembrandt, teether, teething, toddler, walking

• 17th century Pregnancy Test

  

  Urine is a used for pregnancy tests now… and in 17th century Europe.

  Aradia Wyndham

  January 15, 2020

  Pregnancy

  alchemy, art history, birth figures, doctors, Dutch, early modern, flask, painting, piskijker, Pregnancy, pregnancy test, quackery, scrying, urinalysis, virginity