Girl with a Pearl Earrings

Girl With a Pearl

Girl With a Pearl Earring, a masterpiece of simplicity. The 17th century Dutch painter Vermeer created a painting called Girl with a Pearl Earring. It is currently considered one of the world’s most famous paintings.

Vermeer’s Studio

Vermeer was a painter…an artist. He was meticulous, precise. He looked, he saw, he studied. He translated his world of three dimensions onto a two-dimensional canvas surface. If you stood in his studio you could smell the linseed oil. You could smell the paints. You could hear the sounds of his city by the sea. His city was Delft, Holland during the Dutch golden age. Four-hundred years ago painters bought certain colors and other colors they mixed their own shades. Their studios were part artist and part chemist. Vermeer was both. With his particular nature he had a type of patience that meant his fourth-floor studio was a study of light and shadow, sunlight, and summer breezes. Vermeer loved capturing his world of 1665.

Visit Holland

When you go to Holland, yes, do look at the tulips. Study the windmills. Absorb the history. Have a box of Dutch chocolates. And of course, walk on the top of dikes fronting the sea.
Try to imagine seeing the painting Vermeer did of the Girl With a Pearl and truly feel the world he lived in. The painting is in the museum in The Hague. Be sure to get tickets in advance because the museum and this particular painting are so popular.

Why We Like
The Girl With a Pearl Earrings

Simplicity, the long, lean sweep of silver or gold, shepherd hook wires slide into the pierced hole, slipping through, with the length of the wire trailing down the back, widening at the front to a flared sweep of a floral top holding a big white pearl. The length of the earrings are grand, showing the pure white pearl at the end. The earrings sweep and sway, creating focus and insisting on proper posture. You stay centered to Earth’s core. Your poise and posture become legend.