Book Overview (from the author’s website)
One of the best-loved paintings in the world is a mystery. Who is the 17th-century model and why has she been painted? What is she thinking as she stares out at us? Are her wide eyes and enigmatic half-smile innocent or seductive? And why is she wearing a pearl earring?
Girl With a Pearl Earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her calm and perceptive manner attracts the painter’s attention, and he slowly draws her into the world of his paintings — the still, luminous images of solitary women in domestic settings.
In contrast to her work in her master’s studio, Griet must carve a place for herself in a chaotic household full of children and run by Vermeer’s volatile wife and his shrewd mother-in-law. As Griet becomes part of her master’s work, their growing intimacy spreads disruption and jealousy within the household and into the outside world.
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