A Lady Writing

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Portrait of a young lady seated in a chair at a table, visible from the waist up. She is wearing a yellow jacket with spotted fur trim and decorative headdress. There is a wooden box on the table and the woman is writing in a book.

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1 original artwork : oil paint on canvas ; 45 x 40 cm.

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Vermeer, Jan 1665~.

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Portrait of a young lady seated in a chair at a table, visible from the waist up. She is wearing a yellow jacket with spotted fur trim and decorative headdress. There is a wooden box on the table and the woman is writing in a book.

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1 original artwork : oil paint on canvas ; 45 x 40 cm.

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Gift of Harry Waldron Havemeyer and Horace Havemeyer, Jr, in memory of their father Horace Havemeyer

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  • 1665~

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  • May 1, 2009, 8:12 p.m.

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  • Dec. 6, 2025, 1:13 a.m.

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Vermeer, Jan. A Lady Writing, artwork, 1665~; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc8935/: accessed May 20, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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