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Officer Reading a Letter

painting by Gerard ter Borch
VisualArtwork painting Q48337116
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Officer Reading a Letter

Summary

Officer Reading a Letter is a painting[1]. It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Officer Reading a Letter is the creator of Gerard ter Borch[3].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's instance of is recorded as painting[4].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's genre is genre art[5].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts is recorded as man[6].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts is recorded as soldier[7].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts is recorded as trumpeter[8].
  • Officer Reading a Letter is made of oil paint[9].
  • Officer Reading a Letter is made of panel[10].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's collection is recorded as Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden[11].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's inventory number is recorded as Gal.-Nr. 1833[12].
  • The location of Officer Reading a Letter was Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[13].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's catalog code is recorded as 27[14].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's catalog code is recorded as 22[15].
  • 1658 marks the founding of Officer Reading a Letter[16].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 49N[17].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 41A711[18].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 45C22:41D222(HALSBERG)[19].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 41A721[20].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 41D221(HAT)[21].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 31A(+73)[22].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 31A231[23].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 41D221(CAP)[24].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 31A235[25].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 31D14[26].
  • Officer Reading a Letter's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 45B[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Officer Reading a Letter is the creator of Gerard ter Borch[3].

Publication

Officer Reading a Letter's genre is genre art[5].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include oil paint[9] and panel[10]. The location of Officer Reading a Letter was Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[13].

Why It Matters

Officer Reading a Letter is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Online Collection. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Jane023 · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 27, 22
    Inception → +1658-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Height → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174728', 'amount':
    Made from material → oil paint, panel
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1639]]: [[Q48332854]]"
  2. 14w ago · Jane023 · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 27, 22
    Inventory number → Gal.-Nr. 1833
    Width → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174728', 'amount':
    Skd artwork id → 218716
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q50324309 */"
  3. 15w ago · Jane023 · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → oil paint, panel
    Inventory number → Gal.-Nr. 1833
    Pendant of → An officer dictating a letter
    Imported from → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P528]]: 1833, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782121923422"
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