Fiction featuring Dutch painters/paintings

Includes paintings on the cover, as well as large features in the story. All genres as long as it's fiction. Recommendations very welcome! (I haven't read most of these books)

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last updated September, 2026

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Information on featured painters.

Vincent van Gogh: 1853-1890 His work is recognisable by its short brush strokes and bright colours. His paintings only gained attention after his death, which is regarded as a suicide but this is speculated upon.

Famous works:

  • The Starry Night
  • Sunflowers
  • Almond Blossom
  • The Potato Eaters

Featured in this list in:

  • SacrĂ© Bleu
  • Lust for Life
  • The Secret Life of Sunflowers

Johannes Vermeer: 1632-1675 Vermeer specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life and is renowned for making masterful use of light in his work.

Famous works:

  • Girl with a Pearl Earring
  • The Milkmaid
  • The Art of Painting
  • Woman with a Water Jug

Featured in this list in:

  • Girl with a Pearl Earring
  • Chasing Vermeer
  • Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Rembrandt: 1606-1669 Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of styles and subject matter. Known for using strong contrasts of light and shadow.

Famous works:

  • The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp
  • Man in a Turban
  • The Night Watch
  • The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Featured in this list in:

  • I am Rembrandt's Daughter

Cover Art:

  • The Goldfinch: The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius (1654)
  • To Paradise: Iokepa, Hawaiian Fisher Boy by Hubert Vos (1898)
  • The Book of Goose: A Dog with a dead Goose and Peacock (A Study of Game and Fruit) by Jan Weenix (ca. 1700)
  • The Doloriad: Woman Tuning a Lute by Gerrit van Honthorst (1624)
  • Indelicacy: Margaretha van Haexbergen by Gerard ter Borch the Younger (ca. 1666–67)
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