. He reproduced the girl on the side of a building in bristol with an alarm box on the wall in place of the pearl earring. Girl with a pearl earring is an oil painting by dutch painter johannes vermeer.

However, it did not attain international fame at its time of completion. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter johannes vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the large pearl earring worn by the girl portrayed there.

Therefore, the painting corresponds to the dutch golden age, a period of economic, scientific, and artistic prosperity spanning almost the entire 17 th century.

It depicts a european girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and a very large pearl earring. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the large pearl earring worn by the girl portrayed there. So many have been captivated by the way the girl turns towards the viewer, by her gaze, by the colours. It received generally favourable reviews and grossed us$31.4 million worldwide.