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Melanie, or The Fatal Convent Compulsion
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In the room of a monastery two women support a young woman, Melanie. Behind them stand three nuns and sit a mourning man. Left two men. In the background view into a chapel. The print depicts a theatrical scene from Melanie, or The Calamitous Monastic Coercion, a tragedy by Jean-François de La Harpe about Melanie, who is forced by her father to give up her love for a man and enter the monastery.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMelanie, of De rampzalige kloosterdwang. 1770 - 1825. Robbert Muys. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
