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of a “well-ordered household,” in which even old or well-used items like the broom and bucket are well-maintained and spotless. The objects also symbolize the young maid’s responsibilities in the home. Despite this, there is an “air of ambiguity” to the painting. The contents of the dish the maid is
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In the right section of the painting, a vine grows on a wooden structure and an open door leads through a brick wall at the far right. A woman dressed in white and blue leads a child down steps from the doorway into the courtyard. She is carrying a dish and a broom and bucket have been left in the
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carrying, what the little girl is holding, and what lies beyond the doorway at the top of the stairs are left unclear. The meaning of the tablet above the archway is also obscured, both physically by the leaves covering it and in its meaning, which remains “unclear.”
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