Very little is known about the 17th Century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer – or his masterpiece, “Girl with a Pearl Earring”. Who is she? What is she about to say?
The following article is about a new research project which hopes to address some of the questions that exist, about how she was painted, the materials used and what Vermeer himself intended.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180314-the-secrets-of-girl-with-a-pearl-earring