He indicated reflected light from the white color in the pearl earring, but also, and more subtly, in the shadows on He evoked the delicacy of her skin with a soft contour for herĬheck, which he created by extending a thin glaze slightly over the edge of the thick impasto defining the flesh color. He also ingeniously used his paints to capture the effect of light falling across her features, turban, and ocher-colored jacket. Mouth, echoing the highlights in her eyes. For example, he enlivened the young girl's half smile with two small white dots on either side of her The relatively large scale of this figure reveals how Vermeer enhanced the sense of realism through his expressive paint techniques. Her purity and her evocative costume give her a lasting quality, unconstrained by time or place. Her liquid eyes and half-opened mouth impart the immediacy of her presence, yet In Girl with a Pearl Earring, one of Vermeer's most engaging images, a young girl dressed in an exotic turban turns and gazes at the viewer. Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid, by Johannes Vermeer.The Art of Painting, by Johannes Vermeer.Study of a Young Woman, by Johannes Vermeer.The Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer.Woman with a Water Jug, by Johannes Vermeer.

Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, by Johannes Vermeer.Girl with a Red Hat, by Johannes Vermeer.Officer and Laughing Girl, by Johannes Vermeer.Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, by Johannes Vermeer.A Lady Writing a Letter, by Johannes Vermeer.Woman Holding a Balance, by Johannes Vermeer.Girl Interrupted at her Music, by Johannes Vermeer.

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