Briefleserin in Blau

Brieflezende vrouw

c. 1663 · Painting

MeisterwerkNr. 76der hundert berühmtesten Gemälde der Welt

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Unbekannt

Wo ist „Briefleserin in Blau“ heute? Sammlung: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam. Unbekannt.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Niederlande

Der Besitzer ist bekannt; ob das Werk derzeit ausgestellt ist, nicht.

Quelle: Das Museum

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Über das Gemälde

Briefleserin in Blau ist ein zwischen 1662 und 1664 entstandenes Ölgemälde von Jan Vermeer. Das 46,5 Zentimeter hohe und 39 Zentimeter breite Bild zeigt eine Frau beim Lesen eines Briefes. Es befindet sich in der Sammlung des Rijksmuseums in Amsterdam.

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In den Worten des Museums

Enjoying a quiet, private moment, this young woman is absorbed in reading a letter in the morning light. She is still wearing her blue night jacket. All of the colours in the composition are secondary to its radiant lapis lazuli blue. Vermeer recorded the effects of light with extraordinary precision. Particularly innovative is his rendering of the woman’s skin with pale grey, and the shadows on the wall using light blue.

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Angaben

Inventarnummer: SK-C-251

Was es zeigt

Reading Letters and envelopes Stuhl

Im Katalog

Gemälde Öl Niederländische Malerei Barock 17. Jahrhundert

Quellen

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Bild: Wikimedia Commons — Public domain

Im Leben von Johannes Vermeer

Das ganze Leben

1652–1661
The influence of Pieter de Hooch in Delft
The genre painter Pieter de Hooch, who lived in Delft from 1652 to 1661, had an enormous influence on Vermeer, reflected in, among other works, Diana and Her Companions. De Hooch's individual style was developed further in Vermeer's paintings.
1653–1675 · Wirkungsort
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.
1662
Elected head of the Guild of Saint Luke
In 1662 Vermeer was elected head of the guild and was re-elected in 1663, 1670 and 1671, evidence that his peers considered him an established craftsman.
1663
A visit from Balthasar de Monconys
In 1663 the diplomat Balthasar de Monconys came to see Vermeer's work, but Vermeer had no paintings to show him. Monconys and the two French clergymen with him were sent to the baker Hendrick van Buyten, who held a couple of the artist's paintings as collateral.