Two Mothers, by Frans Stracke (1893)

Published February 22, 2017 at 2317 × 4566 in Amsterdam, City of Museums (Day 2)

This sweet scene reflects increasing interest in the lives of fishermen. The statue shows a young woman holding her child, with her dog’s puppies gathered in her apron. Yet life is not a bed of roses for this barefoot fisherman’s wife. She has only two fish in her pouch, and the net that she drags behind her is empty.