Vermeer Girl Pearl Earring Painting

Along with another genre painting titled the milkmaid girl with a pearl earring is vermeers most well known work of art.

Vermeer girl pearl earring painting. Girl with a pearl earring is vermeers most famous painting. 1665 by dutch artist johannes vermeer one of his most well known works. Tronies depict a certain type or character. Johannes vermeer was a dutch painter born in delft in 1632 and deceased in the same city in 1675.

Researchers at the mauritshuis gallery in the hague on tuesday revealed the results of extensive investigations into its star painting johannes vermeers girl with a pearl earring thought to date. In girl with a pearl earring one of vermeers most engaging images a young girl dressed in an exotic turban turns and gazes at the viewer. Girl with a pearl earring oil painting on canvas c. Girl with a pearl earring by jan vermeer is a 100 hand painted oil painting reproduction on canvas painted by one of our professional artists.

Both paintings share an air of mystery from the models enigmatic gaze to the speculations surrounding the identities of the women in the paintings. Therefore the painting corresponds to the dutch golden age a period of economic scientific and artistic prosperity spanning almost the entire 17 th century. In this case a. It is one of just 35 paintings attributed to the painter who saw moderate success during his lifetime.

The work permanently resides in the mauritshuis museum in the hague. It is not a portrait but a tronie a painting of an imaginary figure. The comparison to leonardo da vincis mona lisa ca. He painted the girl with a pearl earring around 1665 scholarly estimations range between the years 1665 and 1667.

The girl with a pearl earring 1665 by johannes vermeer click image to view detail. We utilize only the finest oil paints and high quality artist grade canvas to ensure the most vivid color. Girl with a pearl earring dutch. Meisje met de parel is an oil painting by dutch golden age painter johannes vermeer dated c.

It depicts an imaginary young woman in exotic dress and a very large pearl earring.