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…
- Gerard ter Borch
- painting
- Pintura
- 1655 - 1655
- panel
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- false
- 797
- 7.0 cm
- 27.9 cm
- 38.3 cm
- 44.0 cm
- 53.0 cm
- Netherlands
- 2017-08-02T11:48:29.478Z
- 2018-02-13T08:53:33.754Z