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1670 · National Gallery of Ireland

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid

Johannes VermeerWikidata

painting by Johannes Vermeer

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Everyday lifewomanletter
Date
1670Wikidata
Medium
Oil paint on canvasWikidata
Dimensions
71.1 × 58.4 cmWikidata
Collection
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin CityWikidata
Movement
Dutch Golden Age paintingWikidata
Genre
genre artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
NGI.4535Wikidata
Exhibitions
  • Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. Inspiration and Rivalry.
  • Vermeer
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Provenance

Where it has been

  1. ? – 1889
    Eugène Secrétan
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. Dates unknown
    Charles Sedelmeyer
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. Dates unknown
    Franz Kleinberger
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  4. ? – 1906
    Alfred Beit
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  5. 1906 – 1930
    Sir Otto John Beit, 1st Baronet
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  6. 1930 – 1946
    Lilian Carter
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  7. 1946 – 1987
    Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  8. 1987 –
    National Gallery of Ireland
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
  9. Dates unknown
    Charles Sedelmeyer collection
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection
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