Girl with a pearl earring /
Chevalier, Tracy.
Girl with a pearl earring / Tracy Chevalier. - New York : Plume Book / Dutton 2001c1999. - 233 p. ; 21 cm.
A New York Times Bestseller
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.
052594527X (hc.) 0452282152 (pbk)
99032493
Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 --Fiction.
Netherlands--Social life and customs--17th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS 3553 / C527g 2001
813/.54
Girl with a pearl earring / Tracy Chevalier. - New York : Plume Book / Dutton 2001c1999. - 233 p. ; 21 cm.
A New York Times Bestseller
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.
052594527X (hc.) 0452282152 (pbk)
99032493
Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 --Fiction.
Netherlands--Social life and customs--17th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS 3553 / C527g 2001
813/.54