Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

Johannes Vermeer

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (Johannes Vermeer) — Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window · Johannes Vermeer · c. 1657–59.

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About this work

Artist: Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675)
Year: c. 1657–1659
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 83 × 64.5 cm
Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Movement: Dutch Golden Age

A young woman in profile stands by an open casement reading a letter, her face reflected faintly in the glass, with a bowl of fruit spilling across a rumpled Turkish carpet in the foreground and a green curtain drawn aside at the right as if to reveal the scene. Vermeer painted it in Delft in the late 1650s, among his first interiors. It was bought for the Saxon royal collection in 1742 as a Rembrandt and only identified as a Vermeer in the nineteenth century. A restoration between 2017 and 2021 removed a layer of overpaint from the back wall and uncovered a large painting of Cupid that Vermeer had included and someone else later covered, changing the picture's meaning to one of love. The canvas is in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24 in; 16×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window in the public domain?

Yes. Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window painted, and in what medium?

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window dates from c. 1657–1659 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 83 × 64.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (Johannes Vermeer) — Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window · Johannes Vermeer · c. 1657–59. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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