Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
Johannes Vermeer · 1658
Why it's great
A young woman reads a letter in front of an open window, with her reflection in the glass and a bowl of fruit on the table. Johannes Vermeer painted it in about 1658, and a painted-over Cupid on the wall was found by restorers.
Where to see it
📍 Gemäldegalerie Alte MeisterDresden, Germany
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Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter born in Delft in 1632. He painted calm scenes of women in sunlit rooms, with pearls, maps, letters and music, and made fewer than 40 paintings that we know of. He died in 1675, and he was almost forgotten until the 1800s.
