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The Sorrowful Princess
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
On a veranda a woman sits staring sadly in front of her. Her friend, who sits in front of her, tries to comfort her. A woman like this, who has been abandoned by her lover, is a well-known theme from the nayikabheda literature, in which men and women are described and classified according to their behavior and experience in love. The scene is pasted on a sheet with a narrow decorative border of gold on yellowed paper, edged with black frame lines; top left a piece pasted on.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSmartelijke prinses. c. 1600 - c. 1650. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
