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The Love Letter

Willem Bartel van der Kooi

1808

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 131cm × w 108cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

lover with love-letter; letter, envelope

Acquisition Method

gift

Acquired

1869

Notes

motto: ‘Tu veteres Caesar Revocas Artes, Horatius’

Collection Type

paintings

About Willem Bartel van der Kooi

1768–1836 • Kingdom of HollandFranceKingdom of the NetherlandsSovereign Principality of the United NetherlandsDutch RepublicBatavian RepublicBatavian Commonwealth

Comment on works: portrait; genre

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