The Dutch Golden Age in Fiction / Live from New Amsterdam
Novelists have long found the Dutch Golden Age a setting and source of inspiration. Join Russell Shorto as he talks to Victoria Redel about her new novel I Am You. The book follows the intertwined lives of Maria van Oosterwijck, renowned today for her gorgeous still life paintings, and her servant, Gerta Pieters. Find out what drew Redel to the period and how she makes us see it in a new way.
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