Johannes Vermeer - Woman reading a letter. Woman in Blue Reading a Letter 1662-1663
Woman reading a letter. Woman in Blue Reading a Letter 1662-1663
46x39cm oil/canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam:
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.