Queen Victoria has died and the women's movement is taking hold. The same cannot be said of Falling Angels. But her historical details are fascinating and accurate and her subject matter intriguing. Unpopular with the rest of the household, especially Vermeer's fecund and spiteful wife, Catharina, Griet soon finds herself torn between her duties and her desire to please the gentle but persistent Vermeer, whose money troubles and 15 children eventually drive him to a premature death.Ĭhevalier's imagination runs as rich and thick as oil paint and must have Vermeer chuckling in his grave at her portrayal of certain members of his family. She has been employed by Vermeer to clean his studio but with her shining eyes and 'moist lips' soon becomes his muse. The girl with a pearl earring is 17-year-old Griet, an innocent from Delft.
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