3618004 The Letter, 1746 (oil on canvas) by Longhi, Pietro (c.1701-85); 61 x 49.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: An older man with a coin in his hand negotiates with a procuress for the favours of a pretty young woman, who is reading the letter he has written. The great Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni praised Longhi\'s dedication to truth, by which he meant the way the artist chronicled the foibles of contemporary society. Part of a series painted for the Gambardi family in Florence, see also 3613961, 3618005 and 3618008); Italian, out of copyright.