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Title: Jan Vermeer's Corner of the World
Review: The Girl in Hyacinth Blue is a small book that lets us into the "timeline of ownership" of a painting. (real or imagined). Like most of Vermeer's paintings, it was painted in his home with the usual window and table. The painting is presumed to have been sold at auction in Amsterdam in 1696. We could see a similar painting in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter". In this painting the woman is pregnant, perhaps Catherina, Vermeer's wife. The Girl in Hyacinth Blue may be wearing the same smock. Susan Vreeland brings 17th century Delft to life for us. The book reminds me of "The Red Violin" following the theme of ownership.
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