Keywords: Florent Willems - The Important Response - Walters 37140.jpg A lady in early 17th-century attire is seated at a table pondering a letter she is writing In the background is a high Japanese screen The artist has lavished great care in the rendering of the contrasting surfaces of his subject's satin dress and of the rug covering the table In its intimacy and in its oriental note this work approximates the painting of Alfred Stevens century 19 oil on panel cm 45 7 38 1 <br /> with frame cm 67 3 59 1 8 9 accession number 37 140 575 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1878 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1878 F Willems Salute to Belgium place of origin Walters Art Museum license 2D Salute to Belgium Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Florent Willems Females with pink dresses in art Women writing in art Paintings of sitting women |