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Lady Writing A Letter With Her Maid
Johannes Vermeer
Lady Writing A Letter With Her Maid
Professor James Geasor Queensborough Community College, NY
Johannes Vermeer
Most of Jan Vermeer’s artworks are depictions of domestic life in seventeenth-century Holland. There are many references to
personal, social and cultural identity in his paintings.
Vermeer’s portrayal of identity will give us much to discuss and write about in class.
Writing
Painting: Johannes Vermeer – Lady Writing A Letter With Her Maid
Music : François Couperin - (Rondeau) Les Barricades Mystérieuses, Sixiéme Ordre Pièces pour Clavecin
Performed on piano by Angela Hewitt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=007UKwIhQiQ
