![]() Vermeer’s wife, Catharina, is pregnant and the child will be their sixth. The head of the house is Vermeer’s mother-in-law, Maria Thins. His son, Frans, is already apprenticed at a tile factory and so Griet is forced to become a servant in the Vermeer household. Her father, a skilled artisan who used to hand paint tiles, has been blinded in a kiln explosion and is unable to support his family anymore. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Girl with a Pearl Earring” is a reasonably famous painting by Johannes Vermeer and Tracy Chevalier has used it and a lot of historical research to imagine the circumstances – the people and the place – under which it might have been created. Follow me on Twitter My Tweets Tags 2 Stars 2.5 Stars 3 Stars 4 stars 5 Stars A Book About Writing Adaptation Advice Amazon Australian Author Australian Fiction Author Black Spot Blog Post Book Book Review Books Chapter One Character Characters Death Development Dialogue Diary Dictionary Editing Employment Enemies Closer English Family Fiction Genre Goodreads Growth History Ideas Inspiration Job Liberty's Secret LinkedIn Marketing Master's Non-Fiction Novel Plot Poems Poetry Poets Practise Project December Project January Project October Publishing Reading Romance Rules Sequel Short Story Sisters Song Lyrics Spelling Stereotypes Study Text Prize Tips Top Ten Trine University Word Count Work Writer Writers Writing Writing Journal Young Adult Archives ![]()
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