Artist field note

Johannes Vermeer

Light turns private space into concentrated attention.

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer
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Girl with a Pearl Earring

c. 1665

A face turning toward us becomes an encounter made from light, colour and uncertainty.

The five in one idea

Vermeer showed how a small room and a held moment could contain an entire drama of seeing.