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Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
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Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, painted between the years of 1657 and 1659. This artwork has many characteristics that made of Vermeer such a unique and interesting artist and yet differs from similar paintings on some key elements.
This work has a layout that we can observe in several of his most important works, like The Milkmaid, Young Woman with a Water Jug, Woman Holding a Balance and The Glass Of Wine. We are looking into the corner of a room. On the left, there is a window that leads the light into the whole painting. There are several geometrical shapes, some entirely symmetrical to the placement of the room and others breaking the harmony - in the case of this specific picture, the opened window. In front of this window, one or more characters are being shone by its light.
And yet, despite all of the common elements, this specific piece has a uniqueness to it. First of all, if we observe Vermeer’s path as a painter, the primary colors red, blue, and green are present in most of his paintings. In Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, he uses a more earthy palette, using several tones of ocher, red and green. Even the light that enters through the window is warmer and more yellow, suggesting a sunset.
The painting is framed by this thick green hanging curtain, which is pulled to the right-hand side of the layout. There is a large crease on the curtain making it look like a gust of wind is blowing through a breach in the glass window.
This girl doesn’t have her head covered. She has golden hair pulled back on a fancy hairdressing knot with braids and loose locks on her ear levels. Her fancy dress is yellow and black, with thick sleeves and a sort of puffed white collar. Her face and hands are very delicate, and she seems like a petite skinny woman. In front of her, the opened window forms a diagonal line with the rest of the architecture. Through it shines a bright natural warm light, casting a shadow from the window to the wall. From the top, a thick, heavy red curtain falls onto the scene and is pulled back, supported by the fold of the open window.
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If you have any request to alter your reproduction of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1657, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1657 that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is.
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