DOI issue:
Nr. 153 (November 1909)
DOI article:Dutch pictures in the Hudson-Fulton exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19868#0048
Lent by Mr, J. Pier pout Morgan, New York, to the Metropolitan Museum Hudson-Fulton Exhibition
WOMAN WRITING A LETTER
BY JOHANNES VERMEER VAN DELFT
[1632-1675]
A Judy in'mornlng toilet, wearing ;i yellow jacket trimmed wiih ermine,
sils writing at a blue-covered table on which are Writing materials, a
casket and a string of pearls. She is leaning forward and turns to look at
the spectator. She has pearl earrings, and bows in her hair. The chair
back is ornamented with gilded lions' heads. A large dark map, only
partly visible, hangs on the greenish-gray wall. The light falls on the
canvas from the left, strongly illumining the head and bust of the lady.
Canvas: H., i8£ inches; W., 14$ inches, llurgcr, No. 40; Harvard, No.
43; Hofstcdc dc Groot, No. 36. Sale (probably), Amsterdam, 1696; sale,
Dr. Luchtmans, Rotterdam, 1816; sale (probably), J. Kamcrmans, Rot-
terdam, 1825; sale, II. Reydon and others, Amsterdam, 1872; sale of
Comle P, de Robiano, Krussels, 1837.
WOMAN WRITING A LETTER
BY JOHANNES VERMEER VAN DELFT
[1632-1675]
A Judy in'mornlng toilet, wearing ;i yellow jacket trimmed wiih ermine,
sils writing at a blue-covered table on which are Writing materials, a
casket and a string of pearls. She is leaning forward and turns to look at
the spectator. She has pearl earrings, and bows in her hair. The chair
back is ornamented with gilded lions' heads. A large dark map, only
partly visible, hangs on the greenish-gray wall. The light falls on the
canvas from the left, strongly illumining the head and bust of the lady.
Canvas: H., i8£ inches; W., 14$ inches, llurgcr, No. 40; Harvard, No.
43; Hofstcdc dc Groot, No. 36. Sale (probably), Amsterdam, 1696; sale,
Dr. Luchtmans, Rotterdam, 1816; sale (probably), J. Kamcrmans, Rot-
terdam, 1825; sale, II. Reydon and others, Amsterdam, 1872; sale of
Comle P, de Robiano, Krussels, 1837.