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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 for their friend Reinier Adriaansz. Father Jan Jasperzen and his wife Diewertje sit and stand by the window. At the door Saartje Jansz, who is in love with the dissolute Jan Claasz, listens in. 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. Jan Punt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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