Chevalier, Tracy.

Girl with a pearl earring / Tracy Chevalier. - New York : Penguin Books, 2016, c1999. - 233 p. ; 21 cm.

Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius, even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening.

ISBN: 0007218001 9780452282155 (pbk.)

LCCN: 99032493

Subjects--Personal Names:
Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Artists's models--Netherlands--Delft--Fiction.
Women household employees--Netherlands--Delft--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Delft (Netherlands)--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3553.H4367 / G57 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54