How old is Griet in Girl with a Pearl Earring?

How old is Griet in Girl with a Pearl Earring?

16-year-old

What does The Girl With the Pearl Earring represent?

Girl with a Pearl Earring represents a young woman in a dark shallow space, an intimate setting that draws the viewer’s attention exclusively on her. Unlike the Mona Lisa, however, Girl with a Pearl Earring is not a portrait but a tronie, a Dutch term for a character or type of person.

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What style of art is the girl with the pearl earring?

Dutch Golden Age

Why does Griet hide her hair?

Griet is aware of that and covers her hair because it represents a wilder, sensual side of her that she doesn’t want to reveal to other people. When Vermeer sees it, it’s almost as though he sees her naked. It’s as if the seed has been sown and, although she can’t consummate it with him, she does so with Pieter.

How much is the girl with the pearl earring?

Entertainment News. LONDON (Reuters) – A painting of Saint Praxedis by Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who painted “The Girl with the Pearl Earring,” sold at auction on Tuesday for 6,242,500 pounds ($10.62 million), Christie’s said on its Twitter feed.

How big is Girl with a Pearl Earring?

44 cm x 39 cm

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Why is The Girl With the Pearl Earring so famous?

Vermeer painted Girl with a Pearl Earring around 1665. It is one of just 35 paintings attributed to the painter, who saw moderate success during his lifetime. Along with another genre painting (titled The Milkmaid), Girl with a Pearl Earring is Vermeer’s most well-known work of art.

What museum is The Girl with a Pearl Earring in?

Mauritshuis

Is Girl with a Pearl Earring realism?

Interpretation of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Nicknamed the “Mona Lisa of the North”, this beautiful painting – one of the most famous Baroque portraits – shows that, in addition to his mastery of Dutch Realist genre painting, Vermeer was also a master portraitist.

Why did Johannes Vermeer paint Girl with a Pearl Earring?

It made me wonder what Vermeer did to her to make her look like that at him. That curiosity was what led me to write a novel about the painting: I wanted to explore the mystery of her gaze. To me Girl with a Pearl Earring is neither a universal tronie, nor a portrait of a specific person.

What happens at the end of Girl with a Pearl Earring?

The great painter, Johannes Vermeer, passes away toward the end of the novel. His death becomes the catalyst for an important decision. His wife, Catharina, has been instructed (through the stipulations in her husband’s will) to bequeath the pearl earrings to Griet. Griet decides that she will marry Pieter after all.

When Was The Girl with a Pearl Earring painted?

1665