File:Vermeer, Johannes - Woman reading a letter - ca. 1662-1663.jpg

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Johannes Vermeer: Woman in Blue Reading a Letter   
Artist
Johannes Vermeer  (1632–1675)   
 
Alternative names
Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death October 1632 15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft Delft
Work period 1653–1675
Work location
Delft (1653–1675) 
Authority file
  • : Q41264
  • VIAF: 51961439
  • ISNI: 000000010901268X
  • ULAN: 500032927
  • LCCN: n79006488
  • NLA: 35580238
  • WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q41264
Title

Woman reading a letter.[1]

Alternative title(s):

Woman in Blue Reading a Letter.
Object type painting 
Genre genre art 
Date circa 1662-1663 (1647-1675)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 46.5 cm (18.3 in); width: 39 cm (15.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,46.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,39U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Accession number
SK-C-251
Object history by 1854
date QS:P,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), Amsterdam

1854: bequeathed to the city of Amsterdam by Adriaan van der Hoop, Amsterdam

30 June 1885: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam. by the city of Amsterdam
Exhibition history
  • Vermeer, Rijksmuseum, 10 February 2023 - 4 June 2023 
References
  • Catalog of the paintings on show at the Rijksmuseum in 1956, 2527 
  • Johannes Vermeer catalog raisonné, 1908, 31
  • 120 paintings from the Rijksmuseum, 75
  • Musée Van der Hoop Description des tableaux, 129
  • https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-C-251 
  • https://www.wga.hu/html/v/vermeer/03a/18woman1.html
  • RKDimages ID: 24907 
  • Google Arts & Culture asset ID: QQF82wPVTRfMPw 
  • Amsterdam Museum artwork ID: 38783 
  • Catalog of the paintings on show at the Rijksmuseum in 1956, p. 216  
Authority file
  • : Q166937
  • GND: 1037085280
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current00:45, 15 February 20154,457 × 5,341 (6.15 MB)Crisco 1492Full size Rijksmuseum scan
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10:09, 15 April 20122,085 × 2,500 (2.79 MB)Jan Arkesteijnhigher resolution, restoration version
15:47, 28 April 20101,907 × 2,300 (3.83 MB)Jan Arkesteijnhttp://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/items/RIJK01:SK-C-251
08:49, 21 May 20052,536 × 3,163 (801 KB)File Upload Bot (Eloquence){{Painting| |Title=<br /> ** ''de:'' Die Briefleserin |Technique=<br /> ** ''de:'' Öl auf Leinwand |Dimensions=<br /> ** ''de:'' 46,5 × 39 cm |Location=<br /> ** ''de:'' Amsterdam |Country=<br /> ** ''de:'' Niederlande (Holland) |Gallery=<br /> ** ''de:

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