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Jan Claasz, or the Pretended Maid: Saartje Jans Proposed in Marriage
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The Mennonites Tjerk Hendrikxe and Stoffel Thysen, both wearing tall hats, ask for the hand of Saartje Jansz on behalf of their friend Reinier Adriaansz. Father Jan Jasperzen and his wife Diewertje sit and stand by the window. At the door, Saartje Jansz listens, though she is in love with the dissolute Jan Claasz. At the bottom of the margin, a four-line verse in Dutch and French. Scene from the first act of the play 'Jan Claasz or the Pretended Maid' by Thomas Asselyn.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineJan Claasz of de gewaande dienstmaagd: Saartje Jans ten huwelijk gevraagd. 1754. Pieter Tanjé. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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