Jan Claasz or the supposed maidservant: Saartje Jans asked to marry, Huwelyk's presentation to the parents of Saartje Jansz. / Proposition de mariage aux parens de Sarotte (title on object), The mennists Tjerk Hendrikxe and Stoffel Thysen, both wearing top hats, ask for the hand of Saartje Jansz on behalf of their friend Reinier Adriaansz. Father Jan Jasperzen and his wife Diewertje sit and stand on the window side. At the door, Saartje Jansz, who is in love with the dissolute Jan Claasz, listens in. At the bottom in the margin a four-line verse in Dutch and French

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