This book is surely worth reading. It is a cultural substent within the artistic subject of the late 1600. The famous painter is right now one of the most quoted ones around the world. It talks about his distorted life which can be interpetated in a mad manner from somebody who doesn't really understand that mabie all artists can be different from the mass of people that we all know today. It can help us understand how really life went like in those days. At last I can say this book is good but it doesn't fulfill my art identity. I have surely read better books.