26 July 2004
Girl with a Pearl Earring
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by Tracey Chevalier
Reader: Tara Lester
Please note: for copyright reasons this program will not be available as audio-on-demand.
An imaginative account of the story behind one of Johannes Vermeer's most enigmatic paintings. Sixteen year old Griet is obliged to work as a maid in the Vermeer household, but her instinctive rapport with the artist leads to tension, jealousy and deception.
Production by Mary Ward-Lowery for the BBC.
Concludes 30 July
