Johannes Vermeer Gallery
Oil painting on canvas (c. 1665) by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, one of his most well-known works. It depicts an imaginary young woman in exotic dress and a very large pearl earring
The work permanently resides in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague
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Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| Delft |
| Milkmaid |
| Little Street |
| Astronomer |
| Glass of Wine |
| Geographer |
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Johannes Vermeer created luscious canvases of women and men in seventeenth-century rooms, outdoor scenes, allegory and religious themes. Intricate combinations of light, color, proportion and scale enhance the mood and reality of the subjects.
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