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Thunderclap : a memoir of art and life & sudden death

Cumming, Laura. (Author).

Art critic Laura Cumming reveals the fascinating, little-known story of the Thunderclap--the massive explosion at a gunpowder store in Holland that killed Carel Fabritius, renowned painter of The Goldfinch, and nearly killed Johannes Vermeer, painter of Girl with a Pearl Earring--two of the greatest artists of the 17th century

Book  - 2023
759.9492 Cum
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Fabritius, Carel, 1622-1654.
Cumming, James, 1922-1991.
Cumming, Laura > Childhood and youth.
Painters > Netherlands.
Painting, Dutch > 17th century.
Explosions > Netherlands > Delft > History > 17th century.
Art critics > Great Britain > Biography.
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Art criticism.
  • ISBN: 9781982181741 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description 263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.

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