Girl with a Pearl Earring  1665

by Johannes Vermeer

Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 39 cm [br]Signed: IVMeer 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...
Credit: 
Courtesy of Mauritshuis

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  1. Really like Vermeer's use of light as seen in the girl's face, lips, and scarf headband. A real master of light.
  2. Absolutely adore it!!!
  3. Love it!