Griet is a girl of sixteen who lives with her parents and brothers, Agnes and Frans, in Delft, Holland, , who will work in the "corner papists" as a servant in the house of a Catholic marriage where she was to live and is only allowed to leave on Sunday. Griet has the job to help his father, a tile painter, who become unemployed after an accident where his exploits tile oven and leave it blind. The day before she leaves her father hands her his favorite tile that may have something to remember home. Her new bosses is a painter named Johannes Vermeer and his pregnant wife, Catharina, who have five children and were expecting a sixth. Griet has trouble adjusting to her new life, including her new room a small hole below the storage room, and complete the difficult task of hand washing the clothes of ten people, helping with cleaning of the and grocery shopping, on top of that she had to clean Vermeer's studio, leaving nothing out of place. When cleaning the studio, Griet becomes caught in a painting of the Crucifixion, perhaps by her Protestant religion and she is also impressed by the portrait of the wife of Mr. Van Ruijven, which is the first painting by Vermeer that she sees. The neighborhood where the family lives of Griet was hit by a plague that prevented her from visiting his family causing great concern and sadness.
The only part of her job that she enjoy and feel quiet is when cleaning Vameer's study, Griet has begun now interested in something that the artist showed her and called the “camera obscura.”
Griet returns to his old neighborhood, which was quarantined, and discovers that Agnes had died . She considers her home is not the same as it once was, but had not visited in many of Sunday she was away. In addition, parents mourning the death of Agnes was very difficult to be there. In Vermeer's house was a celebration in honor of the birth of their sixth child, Francisco, where more than one hundred people attended, including wealthy merchants and shopkeepers, as Van Ruijven, who expressed his fondness for Griet. One day, while cleaning the windows in the study of Vermeer he walks in and immediately was inspired he sees her unofficial assistant standing against the light of the sun to make Griet, giving in his task that he never allowed anyone else, the purchase of pigments and blending of colors that you used for his paintings. This opened the eyes of Griet for a world of color, ranging from a wide range of hues, she never knew existed. At this point she was faced with the problem of Vermeer's work as an assistant in secret as a maid. She was overloaded and can not manage aid Vermeer and complete their chores without being discovered. However, Tanaki unknowingly presents a solution when he complains of not being able to sleep because of snoring and the nurse suggest to Vermeer in his room Griet and moving Griet to the attic where she could, without suspicion, to work for him. Your agreement does not remain a secret to Cornelia, who maliciously takes upon herself to reveal Griet assistance to his father. Maria Thins, who also learns of this, sees to it that Tinaki does not tell Catharina, after she notices a red dye staining Griet’s clothing. Although Griet’s secret is not totally exposed, both Tinaki and Cornelia make Griet’s life more difficult and burdensome. Her only relief was assisting Vermeer in the studio and admiring his paintings.
Griet did not tell his mother or would Pieter Vermeer painting it, and Vermeer was uncomfortable because I could not find the right pose for her, and was pleased with the early works. The missing detail of the paint Griet Catharina was discovered the day wearing a pair of earrings that shone so brightly, both Griet and Vermeer knew what was missing from his portrait, the use of light that is included in all tables . At first, she refused to use for the portrait, knowing the consequences it would bring for her, but insisted Vermeer. When he finally agreed, he had her ears pierced to wear heavy pearls. Catharina Griet is expected to finally discover the painting. However, it did not expect was that it would ensure that Cornelia Catharina discovered sooner rather than later. Catharina Griet enraged and accused of being a thief and she fled before being expelled from his house as Maria Thins, Vermeer Tanaki and looked without an ounce of courage to explain that he had played all a small part in the maintenance of Painting a secret.
Griet did not tell her mother or Pieter that Vermeer would be painting her, and Vermeer was uncomfortable because he could not find the correct pose for her, and was unsatisfied with the initial paintings. The detail missing from Griet’s painting was discovered the day Catharina wears a pair of pearl earrings that shined so brightly, both Griet and Vermeer knew what was missing from her portrait—the use of light that he included in all his paintings. At first, she refused to wear them for the portrait because she knew the consequences that would bring for her, but Vermeer insisted. When she finally accepted, she had to pierce her ears to wear the heavy pearls. Griet expected that Catharina would eventually discover the painting. However, what she did not expect was that Cornelia would see to it that Catharina found out sooner rather than later. Catharina was enraged and accused Griet of being a thief and expelled her from her home, as Maria Thins, Tanaki and Vermeer watched without an ounce of valor to explain that they had all played a small part in keeping the painting a secret.
At the end, Griet finds herself in the center of the market deciding upon what direction her life would take, and ten years later we learn that she had accepted Pieter’s marriage proposal and works with him the meat shop. Only a few months before, she had learned of Vermeer’s death and was not worried about ever having to see him in the market place again until the day Tanaki appears in her shop and informs her that her presence is required at Vermeer’s house. Catharina, who still expressed her contempt for Griet, handed her the pair pearl earrings. Although at first, she refuses to accept them, Catharina insists that it was Vermeer’s last will. On her way home she stops at a pawn shop and trades them in for twenty guilders. She keeps five and hands over the other fifteen coins to Pieter to settle a debt that the Vermeer’s owed him, and to which he always jokingly commented that it was the price he paid for being with her. She handed them over to him, however, to salvage the debt and consider herself a free woman.
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