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Girl in hyacinth blue

Author: Susan Vreeland
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2000, ©1999.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary: Eight linked stories tracing the history of a painting by the 17th century Dutch artist, Vermeer. In one, he paints his daughter to pay off debts, a second story describes the loss of the ownership papers, a third takes place on the eve of its theft by the Nazis. By the author of What Love Sees.
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Genre/Form: Biographical fiction.
Named Person: Johannes Vermeer
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Susan Vreeland
ISBN: 014029628X 9780140296280
OCLC Number: 45210588
Description: 242 p. ; 19 cm.
Contents: Love enough -- Night different from all other nights -- Adagia -- Hyacinth blues -- Morningshine -- From the personal papers of Adriaan Kuypers -- Still life -- Magdalena looking.
Responsibility: Susan Vreeland.

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Eight linked stories tracing the history of a painting by the 17th century Dutch artist, Vermeer. In one, he paints his daughter to pay off debts, a second story describes the loss of the ownership papers, a third takes place on the eve of its theft by the Nazis. By the author of What Love Sees.

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