Girl with a Pearl Earring is Johannes Vermeer's most celebrated work. Many have been captivated by how she turns towards the viewer, by her gaze, and the colors. And, of course, by the quality of light.
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A tronie is a type of work common in Dutch Golden Age painting that depicts an exaggerated or characteristic facial expression. These works were not intended as portraits or caricatures but as studies of expression, type, physiognomy, or interesting characters such as an old man or a woman, young girls, maybe a soldier or a shepherdess, the Oriental, or a person of a particular race.
