The Love Letter

early 1670s

Dating: Within this decade
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 25 in. (91.4 x 63.5 cm)
Collection no.: 1980.203.5
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jacob Ochtervelt. The Love Letter. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Love Letter — Jacob Ochtervelt. early 1670s.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 36 x 25 in. (91.4 x 63.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mendelsohn, 1980.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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