Letter-writing ... this splendid painting. With the recently renewed popularity of letter-writing, we decided to take a closer look at the seemingly opaque Woman in Blue Reading a Letter.

The museum plans to restore the work according to Vermeer’s original intention, which conveys that the young woman is reading a love letter. Stephan Koja, the director of the Gemäldegalerie ...

This interpretation is bolstered by readings of the open window as being a signifier of the woman's ... out of 'Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window' may never be known, art historians ...