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Girl with a Pearl Earring

painting by Johannes Vermeer
VisualArtwork painting Q185372
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Girl with a Pearl Earring is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 0.18% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42,746 views/month, #11 of 5,957).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Johannes Vermeer[3]
  • Country: Netherlands[4]
  • Owned by: Mauritshuis[5]
  • Movement: Dutch Golden Age painting[6], Baroque[7]
  • Genre: tronie[8]
  • Depicts: girl[9], pearl[10], earring[11], scarf[12], beauty[13]
  • Made from material: oil paint[14], canvas[15]
  • Collection: Mauritshuis[16]
  • Inventory number: 670[17]
  • Location: Mauritshuis[18]
  • Commons category: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer[19]
  • Catalog code: 44[20]
  • Inception: January 1, 1665[21]
  • Significant event: sales[22], purchasing[23], restoration[24], bequest[25]
  • Described at URL: https://www.mauritshuis.nl/ontdek-collectie/kunstwerken/670-meisje-met-de-parel/[26], https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/artworks/670-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/[27], http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/girl_with_a_pearl_earring.html[28]
  • Depicts Iconclass notation: 31D13[29], 41D2663[30], 41D221[31], 41D26611[32], 31A2421[33], 61B(+52)[34], 41D221(TURBAN)[35], 31D15:61BB[36], 25F72(OYSTER)(+93)[37]
  • Described by source: 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die[38]
  • Title: Meisje met de parel[39], Девушка с жемчужной сережкой[40], Dziewczyna w perłowych kolczykach[41], Rapariga com o Brinco de Pérola[42], Moça com o Brinco de Pérola[43], Girl with a Pearl Earring[44]
  • Inscription: IVMeer[45]
  • Native label: Het meisje met de parel[46]
  • Different from: Girl with a Pearl Earring[47]
  • Height: 44.5 cm[48]
  • Width: 39 cm[49]
  • Time period: Baroque[50]
  • Derivative work: The Smiling Girl[51]

Why It Matters

Girl with a Pearl Earring has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Related Entities

Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer Netherlands public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . essentialvermeer.com. Retrieved . essentialvermeer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . europeana.eu. europeana.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . getty.edu. Retrieved . getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . mauritshuis.nl. Retrieved . mauritshuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . mauritshuis.nl. Retrieved . mauritshuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . girl-with-a-pearl-earring.info. girl-with-a-pearl-earring.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . mauritshuis.nl. Retrieved . mauritshuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved . mauritshuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved . mauritshuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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