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 became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century because of the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. [3] The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since ...

Mar 27, 2025 · Girl with a Pearl Earring, oil painting on canvas (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.. An observant and deliberate painter, Vermeer produced only 36 known works in his lifetime, while many of his ...

Oct 21, 2014 · Seductive yet silent, this exquisite nameless creature is known simply as the ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’. The inspiration for a bestselling historical novel by Tracy Chevalier, which in turn ...

One of the most celebrated paintings of the Dutch Golden Age, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, has captivated audiences for centuries. Painted around 1665, this oil-on-canvas artwork is renowned for its intimate portrayal of a young woman, her enigmatic gaze, and the luminous pearl earring that gives the painting its name.

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. This is ...

Feb 18, 2022 · The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Jan Vermeer’s most famous painting, is often called the ‘Dutch Mona Lisa’.The comparison to Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (ca. 1504) makes sense: both paintings share an air of mystery, from the model’s enigmatic gaze to the speculations surrounding the identities of the women in the paintings. The identity of the model in The Girl with a Pearl Earring ...

2 days ago · The winners were displayed in a replica frame in the exact spot where “Girl with a Pearl Earring” usually hangs, between two portraits by Dutch Baroque painter Gerard ter Borch. The popularity of the first competition prompted a second round and those submissions are now on display at the Fabrique des Lumières in Amsterdam. The museum ...

The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. It got this name in the late 20th century. It shows a girl wearing a turban and a pearl earing. The painting is a tronie, the Dutch 17th-century description of a "head" that was not meant to be a portrait.It shows a European girl wearing a fancy dress, a ...

3 days ago · When the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague lent its most famous painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring, to a 2023 Vermeer retrospective in Amsterdam, it was left with an empty space where the 17th-century masterpiece had been displayed.Rather than leave a blank wall, the museum invited artists of all ages and backgrounds to …