Interior with a Mother Close to a Cradle is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, created c. 1665–1670. It is part of the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote: 13. MOTHER BESIDE A CRADLE. deG. 83. This represents a dark room, partly illumined by sunlight, which streams through the window, and is reflected in the tiles of the floor. A young mother