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The Love Letter (Vermeer)
1669–1670 painting by Johannes Vermeer
The Love Letter (Dutch: De liefdesbrief) is a 17th-century genre painting by Jan Vermeer.
The painting shows a servant maid commenting to her mistress on a letter the woman holds.
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The painting is in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Description
The tied-up curtain in the foreground creates the impression that the viewer is looking at an intensely private, personal scene. There is also an element of trompe-l'œil as Dutch paintings were often hung with little curtains to conserve them, and the device of painted curtains is seen in other Dutch works of the period.
The diagonals on the chequered floor create the impression of depth and three-dimensionality. The fact that it is a love letter that the woman has received is made clear by the fact that she is carrying a cittern, a form of lute used in the period as a symbol of love - often carnal love; luit was also a slang term for vagina.
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