VERMEER - BOOK BOX LARGE - THE GIRL WITH PEARL EARRING (1665)

Name: VERMEER - BOOK BOX LARGE - THE GIRL WITH PEARL EARRING (1665)
Brand: Vermeer
SKU: V9-X120-JGLC
Price: 50 USD
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About Vermeer Book Boxes

Protect your favorite books, store your jewels, small objects, letters or keys, these Vermeer book boxes uses are endless. The book box remains closed thanks to a magnetic clip, and the inside is luxuriously padding with soft velvet. A great replica of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring stands on the surface of this high-end and elegant book box. It depicts a Dutch girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and a large pearl earring. The original work is oil on canvas and is 17.5 in high and 15 in wide. It is signed IVMeer"" but not dated. It is estimated to be painted around 1665.

Combine the book boxes with the ceramic vase Girl with Pearl Earring and recreate a Vermeer atmosphere at home!

About the painting

The dreamy girl with the pearl earring became an icon of Western painting during the 20th century. The small painting has an amazing composition, Vermeer's famous light and unparalleled brushwork, and above all, an unusual, very appealing portrait of a sweet, ordinary, working class girl. The painting was purchased by the art collector des Tombes in 1883 for a mere 30 cents at an auction and was left to The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in The Hague in 1902.

Details

Large box: 10.5"" X 8"" X 2.75""
Material outside: Imitation leather
Material inside: Soft synthetic velvet

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Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer established a brilliant set of techniques, utilizing light in revolutionary ways. He created masterpieces that will stand the test of time. His works, while not well known during his time, have remained in the popular consciousness since a revival in the 1850s. Vermeer painted a lot of domestic interior scenes, as well as portraiture focused on a few subjects. His interests lay in compositional and technical aspects of art, including, most famously, his preoccupation with light and lighting. Girl with a Pearl Earring, his most famous pictures, epitomizes his interests and shows off his technical skill beautifully. While little remains about the artist’s personal life, we can tell he was utterly devoted to his work and his art and spent a great deal of time in his home in Delft. His artwork only circulated amongst collectors during his life, but in time, his works would impact the world.