Art, literature & history
The Letter
1882
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 94.62 × 66.99 cm (37 1/4 × 26 3/8 in.) framed: 124.46 × 97.79 × 8.89 cm (49 × 38 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2016.23.5
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Gari Melchers. The Letter. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Letter — Gari Melchers. 1882.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 94.62 × 66.99 cm (37 1/4 × 26 3/8 in.) framed: 124.46 × 97.79 × 8.89 cm (49 × 38 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2016.23.5. Corcoran Collection (Edward C. and Mary Walker Collection, 1937).
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.