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Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Girl with a Pearl Earring label QS:Les,"La joven de la perla"
label QS:Lis,"Stúlka með perlueyrnalokk"
label QS:Lps,"د مرغلرې غوږوالۍ لرونکې نجلۍ"
label QS:Lbg,"Момичето с перлената обица"
label QS:Ltr,"İnci Küpeli Kız"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"戴珍珠耳環的少女"
label QS:Lsv,"Flicka med pärlörhänge"
label QS:Luk,"Дівчина з перловою сережкою"
label QS:Lzh-hant,"戴珍珠耳環的少女"
label QS:Lzh-cn,"戴珍珠耳环的少女"
label QS:Luz,"Marvarid sirg'ali qiz"
label QS:Lkk,"Інжу сырғалы қыз"
label QS:Leo,"Junulino kun perla orelringo"
label QS:Lcs,"Dívka s perlou"
label QS:Lbs,"Djevojka sa bisernom naušnicom"
label QS:Lbn,"হেট মেইশে মেট ড্য পারেল"
label QS:Lfr,"La Jeune Fille à la perle"
label QS:Lhr,"Djevojka s bisernom naušnicom"
label QS:Lvi,"Cô gái đeo hoa tai ngọc trai"
label QS:Llv,"Meitene ar pērļu auskaru"
label QS:Laf,"Die meisie met die pêrel"
label QS:Lsr,"Девојка са бисерном минђушом"
label QS:Lpt-br,"Moça com o Brinco de Pérola"
label QS:Lzh-sg,"戴珍珠耳环的少女"
label QS:Llb,"Meedche mat der Pärel"
label QS:Lnan,"Koà Chin-chu Hīⁿ-kau ê Siàu-lú"
label QS:Lnb,"«Pike med perleøredobb»"
label QS:Laz,"Mirvari tanalı qız"
label QS:Len,"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
label QS:Lar,"فتاة ترتدي قرطًا من اللؤلؤ"
label QS:Lbr,"Plac'h he ferlezenn"
label QS:Lmy,"ပုလဲနားဆွဲနဲ့ မိန်းကလေး"
label QS:Lhu,"Leány gyöngy fülbevalóval"
label QS:Leu,"Neska perlarekin"
label QS:Last,"La moza de la perlla"
label QS:Lru,"Девушка с жемчужной серёжкой"
label QS:Lde,"Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrgehänge"
label QS:Lga,"Meisje met de parel"
label QS:Lfa,"دختری با گوشواره مروارید"
label QS:Lzh,"戴珍珠耳環的少女"
label QS:Lda,"Pige med perleørering"
label QS:Lka,"გოგონა მარგალიტის საყურით"
label QS:Lja,"真珠の耳飾りの少女"
label QS:Larz,"فتاه ترتدى قرطا من اللؤلؤ"
label QS:Lhe,"נערה עם עגיל פנינה"
label QS:Lhi,"गर्ल विथ अ पर्ल इअर रिंग"
label QS:Lwuu,"戴珍珠耳环个少女"
label QS:Lfi,"Turbaanipäinen tyttö"
label QS:Lrki,"ပုလဲနားဆွဲနန့် မိမ"
label QS:Lel,"Το κορίτσι με το μαργαριταρένιο σκουλαρίκι"
label QS:Lcv,"Ĕнчĕ хăлха çаккиллĕ хĕр (ӳкерчĕк)"
label QS:Lta,"முத்துத் தோட்டுடனான சிறுமி"
label QS:Lit,"Ragazza con l'orecchino di perla"
label QS:Lko,"진주 귀고리를 한 소녀"
label QS:Lary,"بنت لابسة زواڭة د اللويز"
label QS:Lio,"Meisje met de parel"
label QS:Lbe-tarask,"Дзяўчына з пэрлінавай завушніцай"
label QS:Lro,"Fata cu turban"
label QS:Lbe,"Дзяўчына з жамчужнай завушніцай"
label QS:Let,"Tütarlaps pärlkõrvarõngaga"
label QS:Lca,"La noia de la perla"
label QS:Lth,"สาวใส่ต่างหูมุก"
label QS:Lsi,"මුතු අරුංගලය පැළඳි යුවතිය"
label QS:Lsr-el,"Devojka sa bisernom minđušom"
label QS:Lmt,"Tfajla bl-imsielet tal-ġawhar"
label QS:Lpa,"ਗਰਲ ਵਿਦ ਅ ਪਰਲ ਈਅਰ ਰਿੰਗ"
label QS:Lbjn,"Gadis lawan Bonel-bonel Mutiara"
label QS:Llt,"Mergina su perlo auskaru"
label QS:Lsl,"Dekle z bisernim uhanom"
label QS:Ltl,"Dalagitang may Hikaw na Perlas"
label QS:Lhy,"Մարգարտե ականջօղով աղջիկը"
label QS:Lpt,"Rapariga com o Brinco de Pérola"
label QS:Lid,"Gadis dengan Anting-Anting Mutiara"
label QS:Lpl,"Dziewczyna z perłą"
label QS:Lml,"ഗേൾ വിത് എ പേൾ ഈയർറിങ്"
label QS:Lzh-tw,"戴珍珠耳環的少女"
label QS:Lpnb,"موتی چمکے نال کڑی"
label QS:Lavk,"Sardikya dem mard (trutca ke Vermeer)"
label QS:Lsh,"Djevojka s bisernom naušnicom"
label QS:Lmk,"Девојка со бисерна обетка"
label QS:Lgl,"A rapaza da perla"
label QS:Lzh-hans,"戴珍珠耳环的少女"
label QS:Lsr-ec,"Девојка са бисерном минђушом" |
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painting ![]() |
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tronie ![]() |
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Date |
circa ![]() Baroque (late 16th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719766 –1750sdate QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 ) ![]() |
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Medium |
oil on canvas ![]() |
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Dimensions |
height: 44.5 cm (17.5 in) ![]() ![]() dimensions QS:P2048,+44.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+39U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q221092 |
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Accession number |
670 (Mauritshuis) ![]() |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.mauritshuis.nl/nl-nl/verdiep/de-collectie/kunstwerken/meisje-met-de-parel-670/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original work | Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer |
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JPEG file comment | VERMEER VAN DELFT, Jan
(b. 1632, Delft, d. 1675, Delft) Girl with a Pearl Earring c. 1665 Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 40 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague <I>Signature:</I> Signed top left. <I>Provenance:</I> The provenance of this painting cannot be traced back very far. All earlier documents or sales catalogs cited by Blankert are pure guesswork. Vermeer seems to have painted a number of "heads," and various cited 'tronie', as they were called, cannot be further identified. We only know for certain that the work was purchased at the beginning of 1882 for the collection A. A. des Tombe of The Hague for fl. 2.30 in the sale Braam of the same city. The des Tombe collection was a public collection and bequeathed the picture in 1903 to the Mauritshuis. This charming portrait of a girl is unfortunately in a very poor state of conservation and suffered from numerous extensive restorations. It is furthermore marred by an ugly pattern of cracks. Nevertheless, it became famous after its rediscovery and was dubbed the "Gioconda of the North" by many enthusiastic critics. Fortunately, enough of the original is left to permit the savouring of a truly outstanding and partly exotic work. The girl is seen against a neutral, dark background, very nearly black, which establishes a powerful three-dimensionality of effect. Seen from the side, the girl is turning to gaze at us, and her lips are slightly parted, as if she were about to speak to us. It is an illusionist approach often adopted in Dutch art. She is inclining her head slightly to one side as if lost in thought, yet her gaze is keen. The girl is dressed in an unadorned, brownish-yellow jacket, and the shining white collar contrasts clearly against it. The blue turban represents a further contrast, while a lemon-yellow, veil-like cloth falls from its peak to her shoulders. Vermeer used plain, pure colours in this painting, limiting the range of tones. As a result, the number of sections of colour are small, and these are given depth and shadow by the use of varnish of the same colour. The girl's headdress has an exotic effect. Turbans were a popular fashionable accessory in Europe as early as the 15th century, as is shown by Jan van Eyck's probable self portrait, now in the National Gallery in London. During the wars against the Turks, the remote way of life and foreign dress of the "enemy of Christendom" proved to be very fascinating. A particularly noticeable feature of Vermeer's painting is the large, tear-shaped pearl hanging from the girl's ear; part of it has a golden sheen, and it stands out from the part of the neck which is in shadow. In his Introduction to the Devout Life (1608), which was published in a Dutch translation in 1616, the mystic St Francis De Sales (1567-1622) wrote, "Both now and in the past it has been customary for women to hang pearls from their ears; as Pliny observed, they gain pleasure from the sensation of the swinging pearls touching them. But I know that God's friend, Isaac, sent earrings to chaste Rebecca as a first token of his love. This leads me to think that this jewel has a spiritual meaning, namely that the first part of the body that a man wants, and which a woman must loyally protect, is the ear; no word or sound should enter it other than the sweet sound of chaste words, which are the oriental pearls of the gospel." From this it is clear that the pearl in Vermeer's painting is a symbol of chastity. The oriental aspect, which is mentioned in the above extract, is further emphasised by the turban. The reference to Isaac and Rebecca suggests that this picture could have been painted on the occasion of this young woman's marriage. So to that extent it is a portrait. There is surely a similar explanation for the Head of a Girl dressed in a smart, grey dress (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). One must admire the artist's technique, which features application of the pigments in juxtaposition and melting, avoiding precise lines, and therefore blurring the contours of different colours so as to obtain effects that foreshadow those of the impressionists. The dark backgrounds that Vermeer chose in these two portraits enhance the plasticity of the models.
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