On l’écrit, la cachète, l’expédie, la délivre, la lit, la savoure, la partage, la jette ou la range : la lettre.
– Terborch, Gerard, Officer Writing a Letter, Oil on canvas, 51,5 x 38,5 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
– Vermeer, Johannes, A Lady Writing a Letter, 1665-66, Oil on canvas, 45 x 40 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Vermeer et plus généralement les peintres flamands du XVIIe se sont illustrés dans toutes les étapes du circuit.
– Vermeer, Johannes, Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid, c. 1670Oil on canvas, 72,2 x 59,7 cm, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
– Mieris, Frans van, the Elder, Woman Writing a Letter, 1680, Oil on panel, 25 x 20 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Il y a parfois des ratés.
– Metsu, Gabriel, The Letter-Writer Surprised, c. 1662, Oil on wood, 45 x 39 cm, Wallace Collection, London
– Fessard, Etienne, Woman Waxing a Letter, Engraving, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
– Terborch, Gerard, The Letter, c. 1655, Oil on panel, 56 x 46,5 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich
– Jongh, Ludolf de, Woman Receiving a Letter, 1663-65, Oil on canvas, 60 x 72 cm, Private collection
– Vermeer, Johannes, Lady with Her Maidservant Holding a Letter, c. 1667, Oil on canvas, 89,5 x 78,1 cm, Frick Collection, New York
– Boucher, François, The Love Letter, 1750, Oil on canvas, 81 x 75 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington
– Lisiewska, Anna Dorothea, The Arrival of the Love Letter, 1760s, Oil on canvas, 39 x 33 cm, Private collection
– Vermeer, Johannes, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 1657, Oil on canvas, 83 x 64,5 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
– Vermeer, Johannes, Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, 1663-64, Oil on canvas, 46,6 x 39,1 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Médiagraphie : Web Gallery of Arts wga.hu
- Voir aussi : Véhicule de l’amour (II)