Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
Johannes Vermeer · c. 1663 · painting
Public domain
Public Domain Mark on the Rijksmuseum image record.
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About this picture
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter is a public-domain painting by Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1663. Painting. The file comes from Rijksmuseum.
“Woman in Blue Reading a Letter” (c. 1663) is one of the few dozen pictures Vermeer left, usually a quiet Delft interior with daylight on a wall or a person at a task.
About the artist
Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) was a Dutch painter in Delft who left only a few dozen pictures. Most are quiet interiors, with daylight falling across a wall, a map, or a person at a task.
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