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Frontispiece for a tragedy
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Frontispiece for a tragedy

Magdalena Roghman · 1650 · engraving; paper

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

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Frontispiece for the tragedy 'Restored Prince, or Happy Misfortune', with a theatrical scene. Surrounded by various persons, a prince stabs himself in the chest, before a colonnade. In the sky stands "Prince Rasimo". In the margin a four-line verse.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
titelprentprintcastleseeking death, suicide
Credit lineFrontispice voor een treurspel. 1650. Magdalena Roghman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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