Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid at least a degree of intimacy between the two. The painting visits many of Vermeer's usual painterly motifs; in particular his obsession with the inside/outside axis of interior spaces, and through his description of the tiled floor as well as the verticals of the dresses, window frame and back wall painting, his interest in geometry and abstract form. Vermeer had experimented with this painterly device earlier in his career, notably in his "View of Delft", "The Lacemaker" and "The Art of Painting". "Lady Writing" was stolen on 27 April 1974, along with a Goya, two Gainsboroughs and three Rubens from
Painter of the Berlin Dancing Girl today. Other works attributed to him include: Painter of the Berlin Dancing Girl The Painter of the Berlin Dancing Girl was an Apulian red-figure vase painter who was active between 430–410 BC. He was named after a calyx krater in the collection of the Antikensammlung Berlin which depicts a girl dancing to the aulos played by a seated woman. As one of the first South Italian red-figure painters, he must have been educated in an Attic workshop. His name vase shows influences from the work of the Phiale Painter who worked in Attica. He and his followers most likely had