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Johannes Vermeer (1665)

Girl with a Pearl Earring is Vermeer's most famous painting. It is not a portrait, but a 'tronie': a fantasy head. Tronies depict a certain type or character, in this case a girl in exotic clothing, with an oriental turban and an improbably large pearl in the ear. Vermeer was the master of light. Here you can see it in the softness in the girl's face, the glowing lights on her moist lips. And the shiny pearl.