Fabritius was only 32 when he died. How many paintings were destroyed by the gunpowder disaster? How would Fabritius have been remembered had he lived for longer? Would he still be Rembrandt’s most talented pupil? Or the pupil who surpassed his master?
Art critic Thoré discovered The Goldfinch in a private collection in Brussels in 1859. He did everything he could to secure the painting for himself. ‘Don’t forget I absolutely must have their Goldfinch...’, he wrote to a friend in 1861. And it worked: after the owner– with whom he had maintained a good relationship - died, Thoré received The Goldfinch as a gift.
"One of the most compelling paintings in Western art"Dr. Tico Seifert, Senior Curator at the Scottish National Gallery.“A tiny, stand-alone masterpiece.”Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch没有读过原著,现在很好奇了。