| In the novel, a young housemaid named Griet innocently entrances Vermeer who comes to see her as a sacred refuge from a soulless marriage. |
| And yet Vermeer seems willing to set down the areas of light and shade just as they occur. |
| Especially famous are the work of such masters as Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Vermeer, and Jacob van Ruisdael. |
| Finally, it has been suggested by Wilenski and others that Vermeer might have traced over images reflected in mirrors. |
| Despite the efforts of some art historians to suggest that Vermeer literally transcribed what he saw with optical aids, such was not the case. |
| In 1989 BBC Television built a full-size version of the room for a programme devoted to this work on Vermeer. |
