A Lady WritingA Lady Writing a

Letter

Lorena Sainz-Maza Lecanda

o Johannes Vermeer

Dutch, 1632 – 1675

oA Lady Writing, c.

1665

ooil on canvas

ooverall: 45 x 39.9

cm

• Luxurious yellow jacket trimmed with spotted white fur.

• Pearl earrings.• Yellow and white

ribbons in her hair.• A quill pen.• A slate blue cloth.• A small silver-

studded wood box.• A silver inkwell.• A string of pearls

with a yellow silk ribbon.

Who do you think

is the Lady portrayed

by Vermeer?

Gerard Ter Borch Gabriel Metsu