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Scene from: Melanie, or The Tragic Monastic Constraint
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In the room of a convent, two women support a young woman, Melanie. Behind them stand three nuns and a mourning man sits. To the left, two men. In the background, a view into a chapel. The print depicts a theatrical scene from *Melanie, or The Fatal Conventual Constraint*, a tragedy by Jean-François de La Harpe about Melanie, who is forced by her father to renounce her love for a man and enter the convent. Subject category within the Amsterdam Atlas: Performances - Costers Academie 1617 - Schouwburg Keizersgracht 1638 b.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineScène uit: Melanie, of De rampzalige kloosterdwang. 1774 - 1785. Robbert Muys. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
