'Girl with a Pearl Earring', c1665. Artist: Jan Vermeer

'Girl with a Pearl Earring', c1665. Artist: Jan Vermeer

1-154-627 - Art Media/Heritage Images

'Girl with a Pearl Earring', c1665. The girl's headdress has an exotic effect. Turbans were a popular fashionable accessory in Europe as early as the 15th century. It has been suggested that the pearl in Vermeer's painting is a symbol of chastity. From the collection of the Mauritshuis, the Hague, Netherlands.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Jan Vermeer, attributed to: Dutch: Artist, painter

Medium
  1. Oil

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E

World Europe Netherlands South Holland Delft

  1. 52 00 00 N , 004 22 00 E

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3761x4639
File Size : 51,116kb


Aliases

  1. H102422.tif
  1. 0510001331
  1. 1-154-627
  1. 1154627
  1. 1331
  1. H102422.tif

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