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Painting of a mourning widow in black seated by a stone balustrade with statues, a winged figure pointing to a stormy sky, and women in green at left.

Allegory on the Memory of Frederik Hendrik with Portrait of Amalia van Solms

A woman in black mourning dress and white collar sits at right, holding an open book, beside a stone balustrade topped with classical statues. Behind her, a winged figure points toward a stormy sky, while a seated woman in green gowns and a laurel-crowned attendant read at left.

Artist
Govert Flinck (eigenhandig gesigneerd)
Date
1654
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2390 × 3956 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1654.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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