1632-1675

Discusses how art impersonator Han van Meegeren forged paintings and fooled Hermann Goering, a Nazi leader--and other people in the world--into believing his pieces to be the work of admired artists such as Johannes Vermeer.

When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

An overview of the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutch painter, famous for creating realistic scenes of everyday life.

Imagines the young woman in Johannes Vermeer's mysterious painting "The Girl With a Pearl Earring" as a sixteen-year-old Dutch girl named Griet who sparks the interest of the artist when she becomes a maid in his turbulent household.

The disappearance of a precious Vermeer painting, coupled with a series of seemingly unrelated and strange events, prompts eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder to combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

Eleven-year-old friends Petra and Calder follow a trail of clues to track down a priceless painting that was stolen from the museum.

Simple text and illustrations provides a brief biography of artist Johannes Vermeer.

Contains critical commentary on the life and art of seventeenth-century Dutch painter Jan Vermeer, and features forty color plates, as well as black-and-white photographs, that document his work.

Imagines the young woman in Johannes Vermeer's mysterious painting "The Girl With a Pearl Earring" as a sixteen-year-old Dutch girl named Griet who sparks the interest of the artist when she becomes a maid in his turbulent household.

When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.