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JAN VERMEER OF DELFT (1632 - 1675) A LADY AND A MAIDSERVANT Canvas, 30 inches by 35 inches A young lady, at the right of the composition, sits at a table; one hand, resting on this table, holds a pen. The other touches her chin as though she were perplexed. Her head, turned in "lost profile," looks toward a smiling maid-servant who hands her a letter. The young lady is dressed in a lemon-yellow morning sacque trimmed with white ermine. She has pearls in her hair, pearls around her neck, and a large pendant at the ear. The maid is dressed in a dull grey bodice and skirt. on the table, which is covered by a somewhat rumpled blue cloth, are a glass inkstand, a drinking glass and a casket. Mentioned by Leon Legrange, Gaz. des Beaux Arts, 1859. Mentioned by Marius Chaumelin, Trésors d'Art. Mentioned by William Bürger-Thore, Gaz. des Beaux Arts. Mentioned by Henry Havard, Van der Meer, 1883.