Woman Reading a Letter
Enjoying a quiet, private moment, this young woman is absorbed in reading a letter in the morning light. She is still wearing her blue night jacket. All of the colours in the composition are secondary to its radiant lapis lazuli blue. Vermeer recorded the effects of light with extraordinary precision. Particularly innovative is his rendering of the woman’s skin with pale grey, and the shadows on the wall using light blue.
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Woman Reading a Letter
Enjoying a quiet, private moment, this young woman is absorbed in reading a letter in the morning light. She is still wearing her blue night jacket. All of the colours in the composition are secondary to its radiant lapis lazuli blue. Vermeer recorded the effects of light with extraordinary precision. Particularly innovative is his rendering of the woman’s skin with pale grey, and the shadows on the wall using light blue.
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Bruikleen van de gemeente Amsterdam (legaat A. van der Hoop)
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On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
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description
Een stil privémoment – een jon ...... r in lichtblauw te schilderen.
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Enjoying a quiet, private mome ...... on the wall using light blue.
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Rijksmuseum
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title
Brieflezende vrouw
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Woman Reading a Letter
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type
created
c. 1663
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ca. 1663
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extent
depth 6.5 cm
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doekmaat breedte 39 cm
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doekmaat diepte 6,5 cm
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doekmaat hoogte 46,5 cm
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height 46.5 cm
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height 70 cm
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inclusief lijst breedte 63 cm
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inclusief lijst hoogte 70 cm
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width 39 cm
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width 63 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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temporal
derde kwart 17e eeuw
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third quarter 17th century
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