Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid by Johannes Vermeer, 1670
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Shortly after 1660óthe date cannot be established with greater precisionó Vermeer painted the Lady writing a Letter with Her Maid. The setting is familiar: chair, table, carpet, curtains, tiled floor and window. Once again we are introduced into a simple, clean, Dutch interior of the seventeenth century. On the far wall hangs a large picture of the Finding of Moses in the manner of Jakob van Loo.
The servant has the same calm solidity of the Milkmaid, but the illumination is more subtle. For this reason the picture, in which the paint is still rather thickly applied, must have been executed shortly after the Concert, and indeed (cf. the head of the maid) at the same time as the girl in the Mauritshuis.
The consistency with which Vermeer attacked the same artistic problems is nothing short of amazing. The quietly standing figure in the Diana, the Maidservant, and the servant in this picture, form an unbroken line. Such a world may perhaps seem limited, but there are at all events no grounds for the reproach that the artist was lacking in "style."
Other paintings/pictures tagged "Vermeer Letter Scenes"
"Lady with Her Maidservant Holding a Letter" (1667) Frick Collection, New York |
"Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" (1657) Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden |
"A Lady Writing a Letter" (1665-1666) National Gallery of Art, Washington |
"The Love Letter" (1667-1668) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Popular Works by Johannes Vermeer
The Art of Painting (1665-1667) • Diana and her Companions (1655-1656) • The Allegory of the Faith (1671-1674) • Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1654-1655)
Vermeer Music Paintings
Lady Seated at a Virginal (1673) • The Concert (1665-1666) • Young Woman Seated at the Virginals (1670) • Girl Interrupted at Her Music (1660-1661) • Woman with a Lute near a Window (1663) • Lady Standing at a Virginal (1670) • A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (1662-1665) • The Guitar Player (1672)
Vermeer Portraits
The Geographer (1668) • Girl with a Red Hat (1668) • A Woman Asleep at Table (1657) • Portrait of a Young Woman (1666-1667) • The Lacemaker (1669-1670) • The Astronomer (1668)
Vermeer Letter Paintings
Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid (1670) • Lady with Her Maidservant Holding a Letter (1667) • Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (1657) • The Love Letter (1667-1668) • Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (1663-1664)
Vermeer Courtship Paintings
A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman (1658) • A Lady and Two Gentlemen (1659) • The Officer and the Laughing Girl (1657-1659) • The Procuress (1656)
Vermeer Views of Delft
View of Delft (1660-1661) • The Little Street (1657-1658)
Vermeer Women at the Window
Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1662-1664)