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
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