THUNDERCLAP: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death

Cumming reveals the fascinating little-known story of the Thunderclap, an enormous explosion at a gunpowder store, that devastated the city of Delft and killed Carel Fabritius, renowned painter of The Goldfinch and A View of the Delft, and nearly killed Johannes Vermeer, two of the greatest artists of the 17th century. Illustrated in color.