Amsterdam · 14 June 1712 · 1 Vermeer lot
The Van der Lip Sale
The collection of the Amsterdam collector Pieter van der Lip (1655–1712) was sold on 14 June 1712, only sixteen years after the Dissius sale. Lot 22 was a Vermeer of a woman reading a letter, but the scant catalogue line has been attached to two different surviving pictures, and which one passed through the room is unresolved.
An early, uncertain sighting
The collection of the Amsterdam collector Pieter van der Lip (1655–1712) was sold on 14 June 1712, only sixteen years after the Dissius sale. Lot 22 was a Vermeer of a woman reading a letter, sold for 110 guilders.
Which painting it was is unresolved. The same catalogue line has been attached to two surviving pictures, the Rijksmuseum’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter and the Dresden Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, and the record is too thin to decide between them.
Vermeer in the sale
| Lot | Work | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | ƒ 110 |
