The Milkmaid by Gerrit Claesz. Bleker shows a woman kneeling beside a cow, milking it into a pail. The woman wears a long dress and a head covering. A man sits on the ground to the left, wearing a hat, vest, and pants. A large tree trunk is on the left. The cow is large with two horns and stands still while being milked. There are several buckets on the ground. In the background, there are trees and a distant landscape. The scene is depicted in black and white.
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