The Love Letter

Original: oil on canvas 38,5 x 44 cm bxh
Date: 1669

This painting is one of Vermeer's most famous works. Vermeer chose a remarkable point of view for the painting. The painting shows a glimpse of a domestic scene in another room, seemingly made from another dimly lit room. In that scene, a woman is hopefully accepting a letter from a maid.

The subject of the letter can perhaps be deduced from the two paintings behind it, one depicting the sea and the other a lonely man walking along a road by the sea. In the 17th century, the sea was often compared to love and a ship to a lover.

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The painting belongs to the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

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