The painting Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of the masterpieces of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's and as the name implies, uses a pearl earring for a focal point. It is sometimes referred to as "the Mona Lisa of the North" or "the Dutch Mona Lisa".
Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, using bright colours and sometimes expensive pigments, with a preference for cornflower blue and yellow. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work
The girl with a Pearl earring was painted around 1665.
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