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Letters

Two hundred years of people reading letters, from Delft to Turin to São Paulo.

Sources: Wikipedia: Johannes VermeerWikipedia: Luigi CrosioWikipedia: Almeida Júnior

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1

Johannes Vermeer spent his whole life in Delft and left only about thirty-five paintings. Most show a quiet room lit from one window, and one or two people absorbed in something.

Source: Wikipedia
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2

Luigi Crosio worked in Turin two centuries after Vermeer, painting romantic scenes dressed in 1600s costume. They sold widely as lithograph prints.

Source: Wikipedia
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3

Almeida Júnior studied in Paris on a stipend from Emperor Pedro II, then went home to São Paulo and turned from Bible stories to the everyday lives of the people of the Brazilian countryside.

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