Johannes VermeerNiederlande, 1632–1675Der Liebesbrief
De liefdesbrief
Kann ich es sehen?
Unbekannt
Wo ist „Der Liebesbrief“ heute? Sammlung: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam. Unbekannt.
Amsterdam, Niederlande
Der Besitzer ist bekannt; ob das Werk derzeit ausgestellt ist, nicht.
- Quelle
- Das Museum
Über das Gemälde
Der Liebesbrief ist ein Gemälde von Jan Vermeer, das 1669/1670 entstand. Das 44 Zentimeter hohe und 38,5 Zentimeter breite Ölgemälde zeigt eine Szene zwischen einer Herrin und einer Dienstmagd. Derzeit ist das Bild im Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam zu sehen.
In den Worten des Museums
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
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- SK-A-1595
Was es zeigt
Im Katalog
Quellen
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Bild: Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
Im Leben von Johannes Vermeer
Das ganze Leben1653–1675 · 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.
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.
