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Tracy Chevalier's 1999 historical novel Girl with a Pearl Earring fictionalized the circumstances of the painting's creation. There, Vermeer becomes close to a servant whom he uses as an assistant and has sit for him as a model while wearing his wife's earrings.
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Learn about the famous painting by Vermeer, its history, style, and significance. Find out how it became a best-selling novel, a Hollywood film, and a museum attraction.
Oct 21, 2014 · As Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring returns home to The Hague, Alastair Sooke delves into the story of the mysterious painting – and its enigmatic creator. Swivelling to her left, she...
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: 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.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Peter Webber
- 2004-01-30
Learn about the most famous painting by Vermeer, a tronie of a girl in exotic dress and a large pearl earring. Discover the history, technique and meaning of this masterpiece of light and color.
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.