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Jan Claasz, or the Pretended Maid: The Love Declaration of Reinier Adriaansz
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Reinier Adriaansz declares his love to Saartje Jansz in a living room. Saartje Jansz, however, rejects him. At the bottom in the margin a four-line verse in Dutch and French. Scene from the play Jan Claasz or the Pretended Maid, by Thomas Asselyn.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineJan Claasz of de gewaande dienstmaagd: de liefdesverklaring van Reinier Adriaansz. 1754. Jan Punt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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