Housed in a splendid 17th-century palace in The Hague, the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis is home to some of the world's most beloved paintings--including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring--and has become a destination for art enthusiasts from around the world. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING. Older teens and adults will enjoy, but the book is better. The mysterious portrait of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has fascinated art historians for centuries, and it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel of the same title. Parents say . Snore. Girl With a Pearl Earring is an engaging fictionalization. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Parents say . Parent reviews for Girl with a Pearl Earring. Chevalier presents a fictional account of Vermeer, the model, and the painting. It is hard not to like this good and obedient protagonist, for she struggles with universal yearnings such as love and an escape from poverty. I hadn't known about him before I took a grammar course where the professor used Tracy Chevalier's book, Girl With a Pearl Earring, to teach the course. Girl with a Pearl Earring centres on Vermeer's prosperous household in Delft in the 1660s. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 1999 historical novel written by Tracy Chevalier. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. Older teens and adults will enjoy, but the book is better. Set in 17th century Delft, Holland, the novel was inspired by Delft school painter Johannes Vermeer's painting Girl with a Pearl Earring. The Paperback of the Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier at Barnes & Noble. Resources for this book. The production of Girl with a Pearl Earring began in 1999, when screenwriter Olivia Hetreed gained access to Tracy Chevalier's novel Girl with a Pearl Earring shortly before its publication in August. at first i was hesitant bc i had gotten mixed reviews about this book and remembered the movie to a little on the solemn and boring side. Try Prime Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Orders Try Prime Basket. What is she thinking as she stares out from one of the world’s best-loved paintings? The feeling is very much the same as wanting another tour in a gallery of paintings of old Dutch masters, to enjoy repeatedly the beauty of light and shadow and colours. Yet Vermeer's extraordinary paintings of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define the Dutch golden age.