Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) [1][2] is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it acquired its present title towards the end of the 20th century. [3] The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic ...
Girl with a Pearl Earring, oil painting (c. 1665) by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, one of his most well-known works. It depicts an imaginary young woman in exotic dress and a very large pearl earring. The work permanently resides in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague.
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Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of art history's most enduring icons. We track some of the reasons why it is so popular.
History of the Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665) painting and technique used by the Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer.
The Girl with a Pearl Earring is usually the first image that comes to mind when we think of Johannes Vermeer. It has inspired multiple references in literature, cinema, and popular culture. Perhaps many of you remember it from the homonymous novel by Tracy Chevalier or from the film in which Scarlett Johansson plays the leading role. Along with Rembrandt’s The Night Watch and Van Gogh ‘s ...
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. It is a tronie of a girl wearing a headscarf and a pearl earring. The painting has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902. In 2006, the Dutch public selected it as the most beautiful painting in the Netherlands. The painting is a tronie, the Dutch ...