Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) 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 after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there.

The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902.

The painting is a tronie, the Dutch 17th-century description of a ‘head’ that was not meant to be a portrait. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what was thought to be a very large pearl as an earring. In 2014, Dutch astrophysicist Vincent Icke raised doubts about the material of the earring and argued that it looks more like polished tin than pearl on the grounds of the specular reflection, the pear shape and the large size of the earring.

Johannes Vermeer (/vərˈmɪər, vərˈmɛər/ vər-MEER, vər-MAIR, Dutch: [vərˈmeːr], October 1632 – December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class life.

Vermeer’s reputation and works have been featured in both literature and in films. Tracy Chevalier’s novel Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999), and the 2003 film of the same name, present a fictional account of Vermeer’s creation of the famous painting and his relationship with the equally fictional model.

What to expect

Each image is carefully reproduced using printers which reproduce the image exactly as the artist intended.

Print

Torchon is a cellulose-based FineArt inkjet paper with an inkjet coating specially tailored for FineArt applications. The bright white art paper has a clear, coarsely structured felt mark and is characterised by a very special tactile feel. The unique surface structure blends with the images and lends them an impressive three-dimensional effect and sense of depth. The premium matt inkjet coating produces outstanding print results, with bright colours, perfect reproduction of detail and deep black. The acid- and lignin-free Torchon paper meets the most exacting requirements for age resistance and is specially designed for FineArt use.

Frame

This piece of art can be purchased in 4 ways.

• Print only – no frame simply paper
• Black frame
• Gold frame
• Teak Wall Hanger

Dimensions

We create large and oversize art history prints with an average size of 91cm by 61cm. The exact dimensions of each print may vary as each piece of art can have a varying height and width exactly as the artist intended.

• 91cm across maximum
• 61cm across maximum
• The general standard international poster size is 61 x 91 cm.

Shipping and Returns

We aim to ship every order in a rapid way. Many orders are created to order so this will take time as an artisan must work on your piece of art to ensure a high degree of quality and workmanship. Our aim is to bring simple, affordable art to you rapidly with easy to follow returns.

• Each order is created in the UK
• Easy to follow returns
• Quality can take time so please allow 1-3 days for some orders.

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