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  1. Girl with a Pearl Earring
    Girl with a Pearl EarringPainting by Johannes Vermeer
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    ArtistJohannes Vermeer
    Yearc. 1665
    TypeTronie
    MediumOil on canvas
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    Description

    The painting is a tronie, the Dutch 17th-century description of a "head" that was not meant to be a portrait. It depicts a European girl wearing "exotic dress", an "oriental turban", and what appears to be a very large … See more

    Ownership and display

    On the advice of Victor de Stuers, who for years tried to prevent Vermeer's rare works from being sold to parties abroad, Arnoldus Andries des Tombe purchased the work at an auction in The Hague in 1881, for only two … See more

    Painting technique

    The painting was investigated by the scientists of the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage and the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF) Amsterdam.
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    Painting title

    The painting has gone under a number of titles in various countries over the centuries. Originally it may have been one of the two tronies "painted in the Turkish fashion" (Twee tronijnen geschildert op sijn Turx) recor… See more

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