Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
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Woman in Blue Reading a Letter is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Johannes Vermeer depicting a contemplative woman absorbed in reading a letter in a quiet domestic interior.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Dutch Golden Age painting
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oil painting → painting → |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
celebrated example of Dutch genre painting
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major work by Johannes Vermeer → |
| artistNationality |
Dutch
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| artworkSurface |
rectangular
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| collection |
Rijksmuseum collection
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| colorDominance |
blue
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yellow → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Dutch Republic
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| createdIn |
Delft
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| creator |
Johannes Vermeer
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| depictionStyle |
realism
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| depicts |
blue jacket
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chair → domestic interior → letter → map on the wall → pearl necklace → table → window → woman reading a letter → |
| genre |
genre painting
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| hasOriginalTitle |
Vrouw in het blauw lezend een brief
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| height |
46.6 cm
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| inception |
1662–1665
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c. 1663 → |
| languageOfTitle |
English
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| lightingFeature |
natural light from a window
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| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
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Netherlands → |
| location |
Rijksmuseum
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| mainSubject |
letter
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woman → |
| materialUsed |
oil paint
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| movement |
Baroque
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Dutch Golden Age → |
| originalTitleLanguage |
Dutch
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| setting |
middle-class Dutch home
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| support |
canvas
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| theme |
communication by letter
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domestic life → intimacy → private reflection → |
| timePeriodDepicted |
17th century
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| width |
39.1 cm
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Johannes Vermeer
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Johannes Vermeer → |
notableWork |
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Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
("Vrouw in het blauw lezend een brief")
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hasOriginalTitle |