Beautiful! I had not seen that until now.
The movie, ‘Girl with the pearl earring’ is really good, not at all true but very beautifully done. You might watch that.
This is news?
What other ugly girl would a guy paint than the commissioner’s ugly daughter or wife?
She probably hated it so never came forward.
There are really two Girl With a Pearl Earring paintings. The one most people are familiar with has tan skin tones and yellow highlights. Once it was restored and the aged varnish removed about thirty years ago, the girl’s skin became pink and the highlights opened up. I have both versions hanging in different parts of my house and I go back and forth about which one I like better. One surprise the restored version revealed is that what was always thought to be a pearl earring was probably polished tin.