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Face to Face With ‘The Goldfinch,’ the Painting from Donna Tartt’s Novel

Masterpiece

Donna Tartt built her latest novel around a 350-year-old portrait of a goldfinch. A visit to the Frick reveals this painting’s astonishingly undimmed power.

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