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Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window
Johannes Vermeerca. 1659
Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums
Dresden, Germany
The painting can be placed at the beginning of a series of quiet interior scenes with few figures, which are characteristic of Vermeer's oeuvre after the end of the 1650s.
Details
- Title: Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window
- Creator lifespan: 1632 - 1675
- Creator's nationality: Netherlands
- Creator's place of death: Delft
- Creator's place of birth: Delft
- Creator's gender: Male
- Date created: ca. 1659
- Physical Dimensions: w 63.8 x h 83 cm
- Painter: Johannes Vermeer
- Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Photograph: Hans Peter Klut/Elke Estel
- External Link: http://www.skd.museum/
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