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Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring  wikidata:Q185372 reasonator:Q185372
Artist
Johannes Vermeer  (1632–1675)  wikidata:Q41264 q:en:Johannes Vermeer
 
Johannes Vermeer
Alternative names
Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death October 1632 15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft Delft
Work period 1653–1675
Work location
Delft (1653–1675) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q41264
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Title
Het meisje met de parel (Girl with a Pearl Earring)
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre tronietmi0mt0i4gtmo0rko0vk'okr'roo Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1665
date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 46.5 × 40 cm (18.3 × 15.7 in)
institution QS:P195,Q221092
Accession number
670 (Mauritshuis) Edit this at Wikidata
Object location
52° 04′ 49.4″ N, 4° 18′ 51.5″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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IVMeer Edit this at Wikidata
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Русский: Жанровая живопись
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current23:16, 13 July 2014Thumbnail for version as of 23:16, 13 July 20141,861 × 2,663 (391 KB)Jklamo (talk | contribs)rv, different colour rendering (and format), please upload as separate file
00:31, 11 July 2014Thumbnail for version as of 00:31, 11 July 20142,562 × 3,000 (843 KB)Coat of Many Colours (talk | contribs)Higher resolution. The new Mauritshuis image of this painting.
12:29, 19 February 2005Thumbnail for version as of 12:29, 19 February 20051,861 × 2,663 (391 KB)Thebrid (talk | contribs)Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) - The Girl With The Pearl Earring (1665)

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