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Stories (3)

The Love Letter The Love Letter

The love letter

1:00 min. - What makes this letter a love letter?

The Love Letter The Love Letter

Love Letter

Mysterious message

The Love Letter The Love Letter

The Love Letter, in high resolution

Zoom in to miniscule pigment particles

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A gift in 1939

The traces of origin we discover offer glimpses into the lives of people such as Marie Waldeck-Reiss – into their knowledge and their love for the objects now found in museums.

Reviews: Much of a Dutchness: the world’s biggest ever Vermeer show is an unmissable feast -

In The Love Letter, a maid has just brought her mistress a letter which they are discussing avidly. We seem to be passing in front of the doorway, like guests infringing on a private moment.

There will never be another Vermeer show as great as this one

From reproductions, it is easy to miss the faint image of a face reflected in the open window of “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window.”

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