Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer

Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665)

Johannes Vermeer | Baroque | Oil on canvas

A young woman in an exotic turban turns toward you with parted lips and a big, glowing pearl earring. She is a tronie, the old Dutch word for a painted "head" that wasn't meant to be a portrait of a real person. One astrophysicist has even argued that the "pearl" looks more like polished tin!

Did you know? In 1881 this painting sold at an auction in The Hague for just two guilders, plus a buyer's fee of thirty cents. It was in poor shape, with bits of paint coming loose. The buyer, Arnoldus des Tombe, left it to the Mauritshuis in 1902, and it hangs there today.

Original held at Mauritshuis, The Hague

Museum-quality giclée print on archival Enhanced Matte Art paper (200gsm) with fade-resistant pigment inks rated for 100+ years. Also available as gallery-wrapped canvas and custom framed.

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