India, Aug. 8 -- Mourners cherish pictures of the deceased as gentle reminders of their memory, but sometimes, the grief of losing someone, especially a child, becomes so unbearable and devastating that it drives them to erase such reminders altogether, to prevent anything from triggering the pain.

One such family painting from the 17th century tells the story of a similar sorrow, where a child was intentionally removed from a finished portrait, indicating the great depth of pain that was too much to face.

In 1633, a Dutch artist who goes by the name Rembrandt painted a Baroque oil on canvas painting, which was titled 'A Lady and a Gentleman in Black'. The painting shows a man standing beside a woman, dressed in a wide-brimmed hat, ruff...