Description

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Vermeer’s Girl with the Pearl Earring is almost as famous as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. And yet the life and work of the painter remains as enigmatic as ever. This volume shows Vermeer’s small oeuvre and puts it into the context of Dutch genre painting of the seventeenth century.

About the Author

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Kristina Menzel is an art historian specializing in the art of the Netherlands. She has been working in the publishing industry for many years and lives in the Rhineland.