Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch masterpieces of the 17th century

Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka · 5F Gallery · Osaka · –

Girl with a Pearl Earring returns to Japan after fourteen years, joined by Vermeer's early Diana and her Nymphs and ten other Dutch paintings from the Mauritshuis.

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Features: Girl with a Pearl Earring: the complete 12-work guide

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Works (12)

  1. 2. The Raising of Lazarus Pieter Lastman · Oil on panel · Dutch Golden Age · 1622 · Mauritshuis — Read the climax through the stone tomb, the outstretched hand, and the onlookers’ reactions.
  2. 3. Diogenes Looking for an Honest Man (Portrait Historié of a Family) Caesar van Everdingen · Oil on canvas · Dutch Golden Age · 1652 · Mauritshuis — Find the lantern first, then see how each pose turns a family portrait into a classical story.
  3. 5. Portrait of a Man Frans Hals · Oil on panel · Dutch Golden Age · c. 1634 · Mauritshuis — Look closely at how the collar, beard, and facial brushwork preserve liveliness within restraint.
  4. 6. The Laughing Man Rembrandt van Rijn · Oil on gilded copper · Dutch Golden Age · c. 1629–1630 · Mauritshuis — Watch the open mouth, narrowed eyes, and lines scratched into still-wet paint.
  5. 7. Woman Sewing beside a Cradle Gerard ter Borch · Oil on canvas · Dutch Golden Age · c. 1656 · Mauritshuis — Let your eye move slowly among the sewing, cradle, sleeping baby, and servant behind.
  6. 8. ‘As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young’ Jan Steen · Oil on canvas · Dutch Golden Age · c. 1663–1665 · Mauritshuis — Use cups, pipes, music, and children’s gestures to find the proverb: children copy what adults do.
  7. 11. Sumptuous Fruit Still Life with Jewellery Box Jan Davidsz de Heem · Oil on canvas · Dutch Golden Age · c. 1650–1655 · Mauritshuis — Trace fruit skin, glass, metal, jewels, and the hanging edge, distinguishing each kind of reflection.
  8. 12. Flowers in an Ornamental Vase Maria van Oosterwijck · Oil on canvas · Dutch Golden Age · c. 1670–1675 · Mauritshuis — Scan from top to bottom for insects, damaged leaves, and flowers that could not all bloom at once.
  9. 9. Interior of an Imaginary Catholic Church Emanuel de Witte · Oil on canvas · Dutch Golden Age · 1668 · Mauritshuis — Follow tiles, columns, and bands of light into depth, sensing how the painter constructs a church that never existed.
  10. 10. Cows Reflected in the Water Paulus Potter · Oil on panel · Dutch Golden Age · 1648 · Mauritshuis — First test how cattle and reflections correspond, then attend to clouds, meadow, and summer air.
  11. 4. Diana and her Nymphs Johannes Vermeer · Oil on canvas · Dutch Golden Age · c. 1653–1654 · Mauritshuis — Do not begin with action: watch seated bodies, lowered faces, and subdued light form a contemplative group.
  12. 1. Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer · Oil on canvas · Dutch Golden Age · c. 1665 · Mauritshuis — Begin with the turn, parted lips, and eye highlights, then find the earring’s reflection made with two strokes.

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