The painting was stored with other works of art in a tunnel in Saxony; when the Red Army encountered them, they took them. Provenance: Acquired in 1724 by August III, elector of Saxony, together with a number of other paintings bought in Paris. It was then attributed to Rembrandt, and the ascription was subsequently weakened to "manner" or "school of." ( Cerrar sesión /  For the red drapery in the window and the red parts of the table covering Vermeer used a mixture of vermilion, The girl is facing an open window to the left. Introduce tus datos o haz clic en un icono para iniciar sesión: Estás comentando usando tu cuenta de WordPress.com. He is  best known for his painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” was a Dutch painter who loved to paint domestic interiors, portraits and city views. It is only since 1862 that the correct identification obtains. The task of attribution rests squarely upon the shoulders of the individual critic, which explains the multiplicity of divergent opinions. We are here confronted with one of the salient aspects of Vermeer’s sensibility and originality. Cambiar ), Estás comentando usando tu cuenta de Google. We are here confronted with one of the salient aspects of Vermeer's sensibility and originality. 22, "A Woman Reading in a Room, by van der Meer of Delft fl 110." After knowing a little bit more about his life and works, I will focus on the painting I have chosen. Cambiar ), Estás comentando usando tu cuenta de Facebook. It came to light that only 34 paintings where actually by Vermeer. Gemäldegalerie Dresden Gal.-Nr. ( Cerrar sesión /  According to essentialvermeer it is a love letter because the X-ray showed Cupid. We just see half of the face but if we looked to the window, her face is reflected. In the foreground is a table covered with the same Turkish rug encountered in the woman asleep. A red drapery hangs over the top of the window, which has opened inward and which, in its lower right quadrant, reflects the girl’s mirror image. The girl is holding on her breath,she is nervous, expectant. Vermeer considerably changed the composition in the course of execution. Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 1657 Click Image to view detail. Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window was one of the first in a series of paintings depicting interiors which focus on just a few figures engaged in intimate domestic activities.

There are several doubt of who this woman is, some points out that she is Vermeer’s wife.

( Cerrar sesión /  Good or bad news, it doesn’t matter. The painting was finished in 1657 and nowadays is housed in   the Gemaldegalerie of Dresden. She seems as rejecting the world, the room, the house, even herself. Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer.Completed in approximately 1657–59, the well-preserved painting is on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden. In this painting, a young woman stands in the centre of the composition reading a letter. The window reflects the girl’s features, while to the right the large green curtain forms a deceptive frame. She is precisely silhouetted against a bare wall that reflects the light and envelops her in its luminosity. That shows that the letter the girl is reading is a love letter. Only very recently has Vermeer been recognised as one of the greats.

In the technique, the artist avows again Rembrandtesque derivation.