The Jewish Bride. 1667. Canvas, 121.5.× 166.5 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Portrait of Nicholas Bruyningh (1629/30–1680). 1652. Canvas, 107.5 × 91.5 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Kassel.
The Return of the Prodigal Son. Ca. 1668. Canvas, 262.× 205 cm. Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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Summary: In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia’s life as the illegitimate child of
renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning
her father’s love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a weathy suitor.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59990-046-9 • ISBN-10: 1-59990-046-7 (hardcover)
[1. Fathers and daughters—Fiction. 2. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669—
Fiction. 3. Painters—Fiction. 4. Plague—Fiction. 5. Poverty—Fiction. 6. Netherlands—
History—17th century—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C8963Iaam 2007 [Fic]—dc22 2006028197
ISBN 978-1-59990-046-9 (e-book)