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Records indicate the paintings have always been owned as a pair. Metsu likely got the idea for a pair of themed paintings from Gerard ter Borch, who had painted a similar pair, Man Writing a Letter and A Woman Sealing a Letter, [4] but the influence of Johannes Vermeer is also unmistakable in the paintings themselves. [2] [6] [7]
The theme recurs amongst the works of Johannes Vermeer, Gabriël Metsu and, in particular, Gerard ter Borch. Due in part to the 'Great age of letter writing', the act of writing and thus reading a letter was increasing in popularity and still quite a significant event. [1] [2]
The influence of Johannes Vermeer on Metsu is unmistakable: the light from the left, the marble floor. [40] [41] [42] (Adriaan Waiboer, however, suggests that Metsu requires more emotional involvement of the viewer.) Vermeer probably competed also with Nicolaes Maes, who produced genre works in a similar style. In 1662, Vermeer was elected head ...
Metsu likely got the idea for a pair of themed paintings from Gerard ter Borch, who had painted a similar pair: Man Writing a Letter and A Woman Sealing a Letter. [1] Johannes Vermeer's influence is also reflected in the painting, such as the light from the left and the marble floor. [3] [4] [5]
Woman Reading a Letter, a mid-1660s painting by Gabriël Metsu Woman Reading a Letter (Vermeer) , a painting from around 1663 by Johannes Vermeer Topics referred to by the same term
Metsu painted in a variety of styles and genres through his artistic career. He painted The Sick Child towards the end of his life, when his style resembled Pieter de Hooch or Johannes Vermeer , with bright light, weak shadows, and fresh even colours, but with thicker paint and coarser brushstrokes so a less refined style than Vermeer.
Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid (Dutch: Schrijvende vrouw met dienstbode) is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, completed in 1670–1671 and held in the National Gallery of Ireland, in Dublin, Ireland. The painting shows a standing woman seemingly acting as a messenger between the seated younger lady and her unseen lover.
Man Writing a Letter, by Gabriël Metsu. Woman Reading a Letter, by Gabriël Metsu. ... Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer. Sadko, by Ilya Repin.