Johannes Vermeer
The Milkmaid
c. 1660
Johannes Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer · c. 1665
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- Artist
- Johannes Vermeer
- Year
- c. 1665
- Museum
- Mauritshuis
- Movement
- Baroque
- Period
- 17th century
- Style
- Portrait
- Format
- Portrait
The painter from Delft, known for the soft light of his quiet interiors.
Public domain work · Cleared for print
The story behind it
This isn’t a portrait, and nobody knows who the girl was.
- It is a “tronie”: a study of an intriguing face and costume rather than a likeness of a particular person.
- The pearl is just a few brushstrokes, a highlight and a reflection. There isn’t even a hook to hang it from the ear.
- A 2018 scientific study found eyelashes invisible to the naked eye and a green curtain in the background that has since darkened.
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Same theme
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Same movement
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Same palette
In the same dark and dramatic palette, made to hang together
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In common: Portrait · Classic and grand
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- Renaissance
- Women in art
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