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Van Leeuwenhoek is a friend of Vermeer’s. He owns a camera obscura, which he frequently lends to the painter, and he dislikes Catharina because she once broke it. He is kind and gentlemanly to Griet, in contrast to both Vermeer and van Ruijven, and he later becomes the executor of Vermeer’s will.
Van Leeuwenhoek Quotes in Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Girl with a Pearl Earring quotes below are all either spoken by Van Leeuwenhoek or refer to Van Leeuwenhoek. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“You watch out for yourself, my dear.”
“What do you mean, sir?”
“You must know that he’s painting you to satisfy van Ruijven. Van Ruijven’s interest in you has made your master protective of you.”
I nodded, secretly pleased to hear what I had suspected.
“Do not get caught in their battle. You could be hurt.”
[…] “I do not think he would ever hurt me, sir.”
“Tell me, my dear, how much do you know of men?”
[…] I did not answer.
“He is an exceptional man,” van Leeuwenhoek continued. “His eyes are worth a roomful of gold. But sometimes he sees the world only as he wants it to be, not as it is. He does not understand the consequences for others of his point of view. He thinks only of himself and his work, not of you.”
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Van Leeuwenhoek Quotes in Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Girl with a Pearl Earring quotes below are all either spoken by Van Leeuwenhoek or refer to Van Leeuwenhoek. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3: 1666
Quotes
“You watch out for yourself, my dear.”
“What do you mean, sir?”
“You must know that he’s painting you to satisfy van Ruijven. Van Ruijven’s interest in you has made your master protective of you.”
I nodded, secretly pleased to hear what I had suspected.
“Do not get caught in their battle. You could be hurt.”
[…] “I do not think he would ever hurt me, sir.”
“Tell me, my dear, how much do you know of men?”
[…] I did not answer.
“He is an exceptional man,” van Leeuwenhoek continued. “His eyes are worth a roomful of gold. But sometimes he sees the world only as he wants it to be, not as it is. He does not understand the consequences for others of his point of view. He thinks only of himself and his work, not of you.”
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