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  • A kraamkamer (birth-room). Watercolour, 16--.
  • A new-born baby being baptised by a midwife in the mother's bedroom. Etching by B. Picart.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne washes her hands before being given food and drink by attendants. Photolithograph after a painting by B. Daddi.
  • (Left) a celebration of the birth of a child, (right) the child's first bath. Etching by B. Picart after himself, 1726.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne washes her hands before being given food and drink by attendants. Photolithograph after a painting by B. Daddi.