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Girl With A Pearl Earring

Girl With A Pearl Earring

Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis

by Lea Van der Vinde
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/03/2013

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Housed in a splendid 17th-century palace in The Hague, the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis is home to some of the world’s most beloved paintings including Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring and has become a destination for art enthusiasts from around the world.

This engaging, accessible companion volume to a long-awaited exhibition guides readers through the highlights of the collection as if they were wandering the historic rooms themselves.

A lavish plate section features 35 works, each accompanied by texts that explore its historical provenance and individual significance.

Curatorial essays describe the building’s founder, Count Johan Maurits, and his experience as a Dutch colonist in the New World; the formation of the collection; and also recent discoveries about the materials and techniques employed by these great artists.

Fans of Vermeer’s iconic masterpiece will delight in discovering that it is one of many beautiful artworks in the Mauritshuis’s elegant rooms.

ISBN:
9783791352251
9783791352251
Category:
Painting & paintings
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-03-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Prestel
Country of origin:
Germany
Pages:
160
Dimensions (mm):
265x230x21mm
Weight:
1.18kg

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