Lady with Her Maidservant Holding a Letter (detail) - VERMEER, Johannes - WGA
Lady with Her Maidservant Holding a Letter (detail) by VERMEER, Johannes
Lady with Her Maidservant Holding a Letter (detail) by VERMEER, Johannes

Lady with Her Maidservant Holding a Letter (detail)

by VERMEER, Johannes, Oil on canvas

A new element here is the maid, stepping out of the darkness to hand a letter to her mistress, who has just been writing a few lines. She is evidently being handed a love-letter secretly.

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