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Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) 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 after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. [3]
Box office. $31.4 million. Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 drama film directed by Peter Webber from a screenplay by Olivia Hetreed, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Tracy Chevalier. Scarlett Johansson stars as Griet, a young 17th-century servant in the household of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (played by Colin Firth) at the ...
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.
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...
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.
Jan 30, 2004 · Girl with a Pearl Earring: Directed by Peter Webber. With Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Oct 21, 2014 · 21 October 2014. By Alastair Sooke,Features correspondent. (Mauritshuis, The Hague) As Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring returns home to The Hague, Alastair Sooke delves into the story...
Feb 18, 2022 · Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. It is a tronie of a girl wearing a headscarf and a pearl earring. The painting has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902.
Oct 14, 2023 · Johannes Vermeer created Girl with a Pearl Earring in 1665 during the height of the Dutch Golden Age. The painting is one of the best-known examples from the Baroque art period and is of the Realism genre. The medium is oil on a canvas 44.5-cm high, and 39-cm wide.
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...
