Girl with a Pearl Earring : Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis

from ritaer

This is both a short history the Golden Age of Dutch painting and the Mauritshuis Museum and catalog of the exhibit held at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. Each photo of a painting is accompanied by a full page of artist's biography and commentary on technique and subject matter.

from nicolewbrown

I had high expectations of this book going in and it did not disappoint. Griet a young woman of seventeen is sent from her family of mother, father, brother, and sister to go and work as a maid in the now famous painter Vermeer's household. Her father was a tile painter but lost his sight due to ...

from nicolewbrown

I had high expectations of this book going in and it did not disappoint. Griet a young woman of seventeen is sent from her family of mother, father, brother, and sister to go and work as a maid in the now famous painter Vermeer's household. Her father was a tile painter but lost his sight due to ...