The Girl With A Pearl Earring Page

The image is a staple of pop culture, appearing in everything from street art to digital parodies.

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The girl looks over her shoulder, meeting the viewer's eyes with an intimate, open-mouthed expression. the girl with a pearl earring

Tracy Chevalier’s 1999 historical novel imagined a fictional backstory for the girl as a servant named Griet. The image is a staple of pop culture,

The painting is housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands. the girl with a pearl earring

A 1994 restoration revealed the subtle highlights on the girl's lips and the deep green glaze that originally covered the dark background. Cultural Impact

The "pearl" is impossibly large and likely made of polished glass or silver, rendered with just two strokes of white paint.