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1660s · National Gallery of Art

A Lady Writing a Letter

Johannes VermeerWikidata

painting by Johannes Vermeer

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Date
1660s (known to the decade)Wikidata
National Gallery of Art: c. 1665
Medium
oil on canvasNational Gallery of Art
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
45 × 39.9 cmNational Gallery of Art
Wikidata: 45 × 40 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Wikidata
Movement
Dutch Golden Age paintingWikidata
Genre
genre artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1962.10.1Wikidata
Credit line
Gift of Harry Waldron Havemeyer and Horace Havemeyer, Jr., in memory of their father, Horace HavemeyerNational Gallery of Art
Exhibitions
  • Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. Inspiration and Rivalry.
  • Vermeer
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Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    François de Robiano
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. Dates unknown
    J. P. Morgan
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. Dates unknown
    National Gallery of Art
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection
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