Woman Reading a Letter (Vermeer)

Not to be confused with Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window.
Woman Reading a Letter
Dutch: Brieflezende vrouw
ArtistJohannes Vermeer
Yearc. 1663
MediumOil on canvas
MovementDutch Golden Age painting
Dimensions46.6 cm × 39.1 cm (18.3 in × 15.4 in)
LocationRijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Woman Reading a Letter (Dutch: Brieflezende vrouw) is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, produced in around 1663. It has been part of the collection of the City of Amsterdam since the Van der Hoop bequest in 1854, and in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam since it opened in 1885, the first Vermeer it acquired.

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