# Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer

- Created: c. 1665
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Where to see it: Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands — https://worldmuseumguide.org/museums/mauritshuis/

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer, created around 1665. It depicts a young woman in a blue and yellow turban glancing back over her shoulder, with a large pearl earring visible at her ear. The painting is displayed at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands. Sometimes called "the Dutch Mona Lisa," it is one of the most celebrated and reproduced portraits in Western art.

Updated 2026-07-18. Source: https://worldmuseumguide.org/artworks/girl-with-a-pearl-earring/ — World Museum Guide.