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Letter from Allen Curtis to [H.C.] Frick, 1 January 1919
- Letter from Allen Curtis, a trustee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, requesting a card to see Henry Clay Frick's art collection.
- Author: Curtis, Allen
Letter from Katharine M. Barker to [H.C.] Frick, 15 January 1919 [page 1 of 3]
- First page of a letter from Katharine M. Barker thanking Frick for allowing her to visit his collection with Philadelphia artist and collector Anna Ingersoll.
- Author: Barker, Katharine M.
Marketing image on Vermeer painting
- Composition created for the XXVI Exhibition poster
- Author: Johannes Vermeer
Note re visit from William Welles Bosworth, Clara Webster, and Miss Webster, 31 December 1919
- Note in the hand of Henry Clay Frick's secretary, Alice Braddel, regarding the date and time appointed for architect William Welles Bosworth, Dr. Clara Webster, and Miss Webster to visit Frick's art collection.
- Author: [Braddel, Alice, 1873-]
Closeup on the map in Officer and Laughing Girl
- A high resolution close up over the painted map of Holland in Officer and laughing girl
- Author: Johannes Vermeer
Officer and Laughing Girl
- In what may be one of the first works of his mature style, Vermeer transforms the theme of a girl entertaining her suitor, already popular in Dutch art, into a dazzling study of light-filled space. The dark foil of the officer’s silhouette dramatizes both the illusion of depth and the brilliant play of light over the woman and the furnishings of the chamber. The map of Holland on the far wall, oriented with west at the top, was first published in 1621. Both the map and the chairs appear in other paintings by Vermeer.
- Author: Johannes Vermeer
Vermeer's Map hidden location research image
- Cartography is often described as a combination of science and art and maps have always been regarded as the fusion of scientific and artistic efforts. The links of cartography and art are witnessed, among others, in maps depicted in paintings of great masters, such as the Dutch painters of the 17 century, where both cartography and art were flourishing. A representative example is Johannes Vermeer; in his painting “Officer and laughing girl” (~1660) an officer and a young girl are placed in an interior, sitting at a table in front of a window. On the wall behind the girl a large map is hanging, occupying a large part of the painting. The map on the painting depicts part of the Netherlands; its remarkable similarity with the original topographic map of its time (~1620) makes comparison a real challenge
- Author: Johannes Vermeer