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Girl with a pearl earring

Author: Tracy Chevalier
Publisher: New York : Dutton, ©1999.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
A maid becomes a model for the 17th century Dutch painter, Vermeer. The woman, an artisan's daughter with a strong power of observation, describes his manner of work, his household and life of the day, including the rigid class system and religious bigotry. A debut in fiction.
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction.
Named Person: Johannes Vermeer
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tracy Chevalier
ISBN: 052594527X 9780525945277
OCLC Number: 41431706
Description: 233 p. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: Tracy Chevalier.

Abstract:

A maid becomes a model for the 17th century Dutch painter, Vermeer. The woman, an artisan's daughter with a strong power of observation, describes his manner of work, his household and life of the day, including the rigid class system and religious bigotry. A debut in fiction.

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