With The Mona Lisa and The Scream by Munch, it’s one of the most famous and reproduced paintings in the world.
[preserved in the Mauritshuis museum, The Hague, Netherlands]

☞ Do you know…

‣ This masterpiece has long been called “Girl with a Turban” because of that ornament – very popular at the time – with which the girl brings her hair.
‣ Different symbols are associated with the earring: a jewel so precious to represent the caliber of the social class of the girl and the purity of the pearl to signify the chastity of the young woman.
However, the disproportionate size and exaggerated shine of the earring reveal that in real it wouldn’t be a pearl but rather glass or even polished tin.

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⇒ Date: 1665

⇒ Material: Oil painted on canvas

⇒ Dimensions: 44 cm x 39 cm

⇒ Site: Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands