Fabritius and the Goldfinch - Deborah Davis
4 stars

Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch should come with a ‘Read this First” arrow pointing toward this kindle single by Deborah Davis. Davis gives detailed, entertaining, art history concerning Fabritius and his few extant paintings. And, if you are reading on a compatible device, there are live links to many of the paintings that she describes in detail. In the last chapter, Davis discusses the recent interest in the painting that was created by Tartt’s best seller.
Davis is the author of Strapless, a book about another painting; this time by John Singer Sargent. It has been growing dusty on my list of books to be read. I feel encouraged to move it to the top of the list.
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historia de la vida y la obra de su autor, que vivió en la misma época que Rembrandt y Vermeer pero no tuvo el éxito de sus maestros y murió en circunstancias trágicas.
cuando en 2014 Donna Tart publicó El Jilguero eran pocos los que conocían la existencia de este magnífico cuadro que carel Fabritius pintó en 1654 ( )