Girl with a Pearl Earring (novel) anticipating that the match will be to their benefit. Apart from "Girl with a Pearl Earring" itself, in which Griet is the sitter, several more of Vermeer’s paintings feature in Chevalier’s novel. At the very start, "View of Delft" is recalled by Griet’s father. When Griet enters the household, Vermeer is working on "Woman with a Pearl Necklace" and Tanneke mentions soon after that she had been Vermeer’s model for "The Milkmaid". His next subject is "Woman with a Water Jug", for which the baker’s daughter models. Griet describes the painting to her father and also witnesses its creation in
Anna's Swedish Thins to the Royal Court of Sweden ("kunglig hovleverantör") in 2002. The ginger thins are available in supermarkets all over Sweden, exported to other countries in Europe, Middle East, and North America. In North America, from 2002 to 2011, the company "Anna's of North America" had a bakery in High River, south of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, and sold the biscuits under the brand name "Anna's Swedish Thins". Production was extended to various flavours beside the traditional Swedish ginger flavour, including orange and blueberry. As of mid-2014, the Swedish thins are imported by Lotus Bakeries North America of San Francisco. The