Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer · 1665
The story
Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it acquired its present title towards the end of the 20th century. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments.
- Artist
- Johannes Vermeer
- Date
- 1665
- Collection
- Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
- Movement
- Dutch Golden Age painting
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 44.5 × 39 cm
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