Johannes Vermeer and the Dutch Masters of the Golden Age from the Collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

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Johannes Vermeer, Jacob van Ruisdael, Rembrandt van Rijn, Gabriel Metsu et al.

“Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” is an early masterpiece by the great 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, in which he established his definitive painting style portraying women reading letters and engaged in other private activities under light from a window. X-ray images taken in 1979 disclosed a painting-within-a-painting, showing a cupid on the background wall. The cupid was long thought to have been painted out by Vermeer himself, yet recent findings announced in 2019 indicated that the over-painting was done by another hand.

This exhibition will display “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” with recent restorations revealing the image of cupid—the second display of the restored work since its unveiling at Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Also featured will be some 70 masterpieces from the Dresden museum's collection of Dutch Golden Age paintings, including works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Gabriel Metsu, and Jacob van Ruisdael.

Schedule	Feb 10 (Thu) 2022-Apr 3 (Sun) 2022  Reservation Required Opening Hours Information Hours 9:30-17:30 Closes at 20:00 on Fridays. Closed Closed on every 1st and 3rd Monday. Closed during the New Year holidays. Special exhibitions closed on Mondays. (Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.) Notice Open on February 14 and March 21. Closed on March 22.
Fee	Adults ¥2100; University Students ¥1300; Seniors 65 & Over ¥1500; High School Students & Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free.
Website	https://www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2021_dresden.html
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Location	8-36 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8712 Open with a Map App
Access	7 minute walk from the Park exit of JR Ueno Station, 10 minute walk from the Ikenohata exit of Keisei Ueno Station on the Keisei Main line, 10 minute walk from exit 7 at Ueno Station on the Ginza and Hibiya lines.
Phone	03-3823-6921
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