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Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) [1] [2] 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 because of the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. [3]
National Gallery of Art, Washington: Girl with a Pearl Earring, also known as Girl in a Turban, Head of Girl in a Turban, The Young Girl with Turban, and Head of a Young Girl. c. 1665: Oil on canvas, 46.5 × 40 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague: The Concert: 1665–66: Oil on canvas, 72.5 × 64.7 cm
Study of a Young Woman (also known as Portrait of a Young Woman or Girl with a Veil) [2] [3] is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, completed between 1665 and 1667, and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The painting was painted around the same time as the better-known Girl with a Pearl Earring and has a near ...
Prying eyes are hoping to catch a revealing look at one of art’s most enigmatic subjects. While art historians have been able to employ state-of-the-art imaging techniques to establish a more ...
The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum will unite two iconic paintings from Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer early next year — The Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Milkmaid. In an unprecedented blockbuster ...
Painted in oils on canvas, Johannes Vermeer portrayed a young Dutch woman, most likely of upper-class descent, dressing herself with two yellow ribbons, pearl earrings, and a pearl necklace. As a very popular artist of the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age , Vermeer depicted many women in similar circumstances within interior, domestic scenes.
Girl with a Pierced Eardrum is a 2014 mural by anonymous street artist Banksy, on the wall of a building in Hanover Place, Spike Island, Bristol, England.Appearing overnight on 20 October 2014, it is a parody of Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665 by Johannes Vermeer, instead replacing the pearl earring with an existing security alarm.
A climate activist glued his head to glass covering the world-famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting at a museum in The Hague on Thursday, though the artwork was not damaged, staff there said.