Early history and creation Ida Reading a Letter
woman in blue reading letter
in 1887 hammershoi travelled netherlands, saw works vermeer , delft contemporaries first-hand. painting shows many characteristics of such room interiors, featuring woman @ everyday task. painting seems have been directly inspired vermeer have seen in amsterdam, woman in blue reading letter. use of hairstyle, pose, table , indirect light recall painting, , reduction of household items bare minimum of objects typical of 17th-century dutch interiors. painting painted year after hammershoi moved apartment @ strandgade 30 in copenhagen.
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