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Chevalier creates a fictional identity for the girl portrayed in Vermeer’s painting of this title. Trusting that this was well researched, I enjoyed the historical details much more than this story of a young servant with a natural artistic genius who could identify what needed to be altered in a composition far faster than Vermeer himself.
I have had this book kicking around my TBR pile for quite a while so I decided to conquer it for a reading challenge.
It is a pleasant enough read, but nothing about it blew me away.
It is a pleasant enough read, but nothing about it blew me away.
Dec 02, 2007
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This book is a slow read, but I found the methodology of art during that period and the ending to be both quite satisfying.
Jan 26, 2009
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