|
| |
| | Girl With a Pearl Earring Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ GreatArtworks.com |
 | | Vermeer's painting inspired the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, which imagines the circumstances under which the painting came to be created. | | | The painting is currently housed at The Mauritshuis in The Hague. | | | Vermeer expert Arthur Wheelock claimed in a 1995 study that it is by 20th century artist and notorious forger Theo van Wijngaarden, a friend of the even more notorious Han van Meegeren. |
|
http://www.greatartworks.com/encyclopedia/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring
(719 words)
|
|
| |
| | earring on Encyclopedia.com |
| | In Babylonia and later in Assyria where the earring was worn by men to denote rank, the earring evolved into an exquisite work of the goldsmith's art. | | | Sybil Williams works in her home studio, in Detroit, Michigan, creating necklaces, bracelets and earrings. | | | D.J. Sarah LEWITINN in Pomellato's "Victoria" diamond-and-jet earrings and, on her right hand, diamond "Paisley" and "Cruna d'Ago" bracelets (NYC28739) |
|
http://encyclopedia.infonautics.com/html/e1/earring.asp
(933 words)
|
|
|
Topic: Earring