The Important Response

19th century

38.1 cm 45.7 cm

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A lady in early 17th-century attire is seated at a table pondering a letter she is writing. In the background is a high Japanese screen. The artist has lavished great care in the rendering of the contrasting surfaces of his subject's satin dress and of the rug covering the tab...

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Purchased by Goupil et Cie, Paris, February 18 1865; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, February 18 1865 [1]; by inheritance, Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest, Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Goupil et Cie Stockbook 2, Stock no. 1530, Page 160, Row 6
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