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Unrequited love: widower Joost and Lucia

Pieter Tanjé · 1752 - 1761 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Joost, an old widower and the father of Lucia's beloved, confesses his love to Lucia. A four-line verse in Dutch and French appears in the lower margin. Scene from the play *The Hopeless Love* by Philippe Quinault. Subject headings within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Theatre, Prints by Cornelis Troost.

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Subjects

print living-room, parlour, sitting-room

Credit lineWanhebbelijke liefde: weduwnaar Joost en Lucia. 1752 - 1761. Pieter Tanjé. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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