The Letter by Peter Lely (1650)

Young woman with eyes lowered, leaning on her hand, beside an older woman in a headscarf holding a letter, in a dark setting.

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The painting shows a young woman with her head resting on one hand, eyes lowered, her white blouse loosened to reveal her shoulder, while an older woman in a dark headscarf reads or holds a folded letter behind her. The dim, shadowed background and warm ochre drapery focus attention on the two figures. This is a painting by Peter Lely, dated 1650, held in the Wikimedia Commons collection.

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Date

1650

Medium

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain