Johannes Vermeer: On Reflection

by Stephan Koja

The Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window by Johannes Vermeer is one of the most famous works of seventeenth-century Dutch art. Preserved at the Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, the painting has been restored, in an elaborate process lasting from 2017 to 2021. The removal of a large section of overpainting dating from a later period has profoundly altered the work's appearance and revealed the original composition. To showcase the discovery,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3954986116
• ISBN13: 9783954986118
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Sandstein Kommunikation
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.7" x 11.3"