The Knifegrinder's Family by Gérard ter Borch (1653)

Courtyard with a knifegrinder at a wheel, a seated woman holding a child, and a brick house under a cloudy sky.

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A courtyard scene shows a man at a grinding wheel beside a wooden shed, while a standing figure in a red cap watches nearby. A seated woman in a white bonnet and dark dress holds a young child in red near a doorway of a weathered brick house. The painting, titled The Knifegrinder's Family, is attributed to Gerard ter Borch and dated 1653.

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1653

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