Johannes VermeerHolland, 1632–1675De liefdesbrief
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The Love Letter (Dutch: De liefdesbrief) is a 17th-century genre painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. The painting shows a servant maid commenting to her mistress on a letter the woman holds. The painting is in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
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Vermeer chose an unusual vantage point for this painting. From a dim space in the foreground, a glimpse is afforded of another room with a domestic scene. An elegantly dressed woman looks up expectantly at a maidservant, who has just handed her a letter. The seascape on the wall behind them may well allude to the epistle’s subject: during the 17th century, the sea was often compared to love, and the lover to a ship.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Oplysninger
- Inventarnummer
- SK-A-1595
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Kilder
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Billede: Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
Imens i livet hos Johannes Vermeer
Hele livet1653–1675 · Virkested
Delft
1653–1675
Patrons: van Ruijven and van Buyten
Pieter van Ruijven and his wife Maria de Knuijt were Vermeer's patrons for the better part of his career: van Ruijven bought much of his output, which kept Vermeer afloat financially but reduced the chances of his fame spreading beyond Delft. The baker Hendrick van Buyten held a couple of his paintings as collateral.
1670
Death of his mother
In 1670 Vermeer's mother, Digna Baltens, who came from Antwerp, died.
1672
The “Year of Disaster”: war and the collapse of the market
In 1672 the Rampjaar, a severe economic downturn, struck the Dutch Republic after French troops under Louis XIV invaded from the south and troops from Münster and Cologne from the east. Vermeer's sale of a painting that year was his last, and five years passed before circumstances improved.
1672
To The Hague: appraising a collection for the Elector
In 1672 Vermeer, a recognised connoisseur, travelled to The Hague, where together with the painter Jacob Jordaens he appraised Venetian and Roman paintings offered to the Elector of Brandenburg for 30,000 guilders. Before a notary he denied the collection's authenticity and declared it worth no more than a tenth of the asking price.
