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Woman Writing a Letter
Ter Borch’s oeuvre consists largely of intimate paintings of people absorbed in what they are doing. This woman writing a letter is the first of a whole series and was an example for other artists, like Vermeer. The woman is sitting at a table and has pushed aside the costly oriental tablecloth. Next to her is a softly gleaming pewter inkstand. The action in the scene is minimal – we can imagine f…
Creator
- Gerard ter Borch
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1655 - 1655
- 1655/1655
- 1655/1655
Medium
- panel
Creator
- Gerard ter Borch
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1655 - 1655
- 1655/1655
- 1655/1655
Medium
- panel
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Identifier
- resource_document_mauritshuis_797
- 797
Format
- 7.0 cm
- 27.9 cm
- 38.3 cm
- 44.0 cm
- 53.0 cm
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-08-02T11:48:29.478Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-28T08:45:41.077Z