Girl with a Pearl Earring

c. 1665

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Artist: Johannes Vermeer
Date: c. 1665
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Public-domain reproduction via Wikimedia Commons

About Girl with a Pearl Earring

Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, painted around 1665, is a tronie: a study of a character or expression rather than a conventional commissioned portrait. A turned head, blue-and-yellow head covering and bright earring emerge from a dark ground. The painting belongs to the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

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