Written by Tracy Chevalier ( 1999)
A fictive historical novel about the painting by The Dutch golden master Vermeer.
The main character is a young girl, who comes to live as a maid in the famous painter Johannes Vermeer's household. The young girl name is Griet. Griet lives for two years at her employers' and is only allowed to visit her home on Sundays, where the family circle is breaking up. But during the early months of her work at the Vermeers', Pieter, the son of the family butcher at the meat market, starts courting Griet.
Griet is increasingly fascinated by Vermeer's paintings. Vermeer discovers that Griet has an eye for art and secretly asks her to run errands and perform tasks for him, such as mixing his paints and acting as a substitute model. Griet arouses the suspicions of Catharina, but Vermeer's mother-in-law, , recognizes Griet's presence as a steadying and catalyzing force in Vermeer's career and connives at the domestic arrangements that allow her to devote more time to his service. However, Griet is warned by Vermeer's friend, not to get too close to the artist because he is more interested in painting than he is in people. Realizing that this is true, Griet remains cautious.
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stars : 4 out 5
Available in English, Most European languages as well as Turkish, Georgian, Persian, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean.
Other information : a movie from 2003
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