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Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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bookshelves: checked-out-from-library, carrier-pigeons, library-book-sale
Feb 05, 2024
bookshelves: checked-out-from-library, carrier-pigeons, library-book-sale
Excellently done. Each chapter is a short story in itself, each a vignette in a period of the life of the painting, if you will. The power of each tale is quite impactful and moving. I learned a few things about what makes well-done paintings so revered, beyond simply the image portrayed. Highly recommend for a compelling and thoughtful read.
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Reading Progress
December 12, 2023
– Shelved as:
to-read
December 12, 2023
– Shelved
January 10, 2024
– Shelved as:
checked-out-from-library
January 10, 2024
– Shelved as:
order-ahead-from-library
January 31, 2024
– Shelved as:
print-tbr-pile
February 1, 2024
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Started Reading
February 2, 2024
– Shelved as:
carrier-pigeons
February 4, 2024
–
0.41%
"Love Enough:
The man who avoided friendships to preserve the painting."
page
1
The man who avoided friendships to preserve the painting."
February 4, 2024
–
14.88%
"A Night Different from All Other Nights:
The prior owners of the painting, who also had carrier pigeons."
page
36
The prior owners of the painting, who also had carrier pigeons."
February 4, 2024
–
24.79%
"Adagia:
The man who bought the painting because it reminded him of a young flame."
page
60
The man who bought the painting because it reminded him of a young flame."
February 4, 2024
–
45.04%
"Morningshine:
The flood that brought a baby� and the painting."
page
109
The flood that brought a baby� and the painting."
February 4, 2024
–
64.05%
"From the Personal Papers of Adriaan Kuypers
An ill-fated love� and how the babe came to be with the painting."
page
155
An ill-fated love� and how the babe came to be with the painting."
February 5, 2024
–
81.82%
"Still Life
The paintings origins� Vermeer paints his daughter Magdalena� the girl in hyacinth blue."
page
198
The paintings origins� Vermeer paints his daughter Magdalena� the girl in hyacinth blue."
February 5, 2024
–
92.56%
"Magdalena Looking
How the paints moves on from Vermeer� through to w well-to-do couple."
page
224
How the paints moves on from Vermeer� through to w well-to-do couple."
February 5, 2024
–
97.93%
"Is the well-to-do couple who buys the painting at auction the same who owned it in chapter four, Hyacinth Blues?"
page
237
February 5, 2024
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Finished Reading
September 8, 2024
– Shelved as:
already-read-want-to-buy
September 17, 2024
– Shelved as:
library-book-sale
