Girl with a Pearl Earring

Immensely famous masterpiece, nicknamed "The Mona Lisa of the North", The Girl with a Pearl Earring certainly appeals to the viewer with amorous, even carnal, desire. The pose and the framing are unique. Isolated against a dark background, the young woman turns deliberately towards us. The treatment of the face, the parted lips, the coloring - classics of the artist's palette - give it extremely seductive features. The movement of the shoulders, the bowed head as well as the dark gaze establish a personal relationship with the viewer. The pearl, both an attribute of seduction and a symbol of purity, captures the light, Vermeer's real obsession.