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Girl with a Pearl Earring is Vermeer’s most famous painting. It is not a portrait, but a ‘tronie’ – a painting of an imaginary figure. Tronies depict a certain type or character; in this case a girl in exotic dress, wearing an oriental turban and an improbably large pearl in her ear. Johannes Vermeer was the master of light.
Mauritshuis. Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665 (digitized by Madpixel)) by Johannes Vermeer Mauritshuis. Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring is the most famous painting in the Mauritshuis and is probably Vermeer’s most celebrated work. So many have been captivated by the way the girl turns towards the viewer, by her gaze, by the ...
Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665. Oil on canvas. 17 ½ x 15 3/8 in. (44.5 x 39.0 cm) Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague. Bequest of Arnoldus des Tombe, 1903. Inv. no 670. The girl’s features may have been inspired by a live model, but her identity is unknown. Many subjects have been suggested, including the artist’s eldest ...
Banksy even turned her into graffiti on a Bristol wall, with a security alarm in place of her earring. Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring hanging at the Mauritshuis (From the collection of Mauritshuis) It wasn’t always so iconic, though. We don’t know whom Vermeer first painted it for in 1665-66, but it ended up in his patron’s ...
Girl with a Pearl Earring is Vermeer’s most famous painting. It is not a portrait, but a ‘tronie’ – a painting of an imaginary figure. Tronies depict a certain type or character; in this case a girl in exotic dress, wearing an oriental turban and an improbably large pearl in her ear. Johannes Vermeer was the master of light.
Girl with a Pearl Earring is Vermeer’s most famous painting. It is not a portrait, but a ‘tronie’ – a painting of an imaginary figure. Tronies depict a certain type or character; in this case a girl in exotic dress, wearing an oriental turban and an improbably large pearl in her ear. Johannes Vermeer was the master of light.
Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665 (digitized by Madpixel)) by Johannes Vermeer Mauritshuis. Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring is the most famous painting in the Mauritshuis and is probably Vermeer’s most celebrated work. So many have been captivated by the way the girl turns towards the viewer, by her gaze, by the colours.
