File:Jan Vermeer van Delft 007.jpg

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This file shows The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer some time before it was restored.

Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	31 October 1632 (baptised)	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

The Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Date

± 1665 (1660-1670)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 46.5 cm (18.3 in). Width: 40 cm (15.7 in).

Current location

( Inventory) Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis

	Native name	Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
	Location	The Hague
	Coordinates	52° 4′ 50.00″ N, 4° 18′ 52.00″ E
	Established	1822
	Website	mauritshuis.nl

Accession number

Inv.no. 670

Object history

1903: bequeathed to the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, by A. des Tombes

Inscriptions

Signature bottom left: IVMeer

Source/Photographer

The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

Licensing

The work of art depicted in this image and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide. The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by The Yorck Project. The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

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