![]() ![]() You will discover that there is very little pure white in the clouds, yet people say they are white.īetween the two is immediately born an agreement made of art, of looks and afternoons spent grinding colors in silent harmony. ![]() Her job is to grind the materials to make the colors the painter teaches her about the importance of color within the painting. The dedication and precision of the young girl attract the attention of Vermeer, who decides to entrust her with the role of assistant. ![]() Griet enters the painter’s atelier with the care of replacing the objects in exactly the same place where she found them. ![]() In addition to the ordinary duties, she was given a special task, that of cleaning Vermeer’s studio. It is at that moment that she learns that the next day she will be at their service as a maid. There were five slices: red cabbage, onions, leeks, carrots and turnips. I used to arrange vegetables in a circle, each in a slice like a slice of cake. Her father is one of the most renowned tile decorators but he is out of favor due to an accident that deprived him of sight.Ībsorbed by the affairs of the house, Griet is interrupted by the sound of some voices: the painter Johannes Vermeer and his wife Katharina from the nearby neighborhood of the papists. Griet lives with her family in the Protestant quarter of the city. ![]()
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