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
The Brown Jug in 1933, as current dean Samuel T. Arnold announced that “The demand for publications of this type appears to have waned considerably." In the early 1960s, it was revived for a brief period of time, only to disband again the following year. As noted by the "Encyclopedia Brunoniana", "It was not the same." In 1986 it was renamed Exit 20 and ran under that moniker until it was rechristened as "The Brown Jug" in May 1999. This incarnation of the "Jug", the second in its history, came to an end in spring 2008. In Fall 2009, the "Jug" was adopted