# Woman Reading a Letter \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TERBORCH, Gerard]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary The standing woman, dressed in blue and yellow and fully illuminated, is the protagonist. The models who posed for this painting were probably members of the Terborch family. The woman reading the letter strongly resembles Terborch's drawings of his sister Gesina. The boy was probably his brother Mozes. The dog lying on the stool in the foreground must have been Terborch's own dog, since it figures frequently in his works. ## Related artworks - [A Concert]() - [A Lady Reading a Letter]() - [A Woman Spinning]() - [A Young Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men]() - [An Officer Writing a Letter]() - [Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas]() - [Burgomaster Jan van Duren]() - [Card-Players]() - [Curiosity]() - [Helena van der Schalcke as a Child]() - [Lady at her Toilette]() - [Lady Reading a Letter \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()