A tronie with a pearl, not a passport

Sources

Sources consulted on 16 September 2026. The museum sources support the object details, history or the museum’s own programme. Viewing tips and interpretation of the images are editorial interpretation.

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Girl with a Pearl Earring – Mauritshuis
Tronie of an imaginary figure, not a portrait, Mauritshuis collection
The Girl with a Pearl Earring – Mauritshuis
Research into the yellow jacket, white collar, headscarf and pearl

Images and captions

**Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665. Mauritshuis, The Hague.**
Johannes Vermeer · Public domain. Copied from Mauritshuis website, resampled and uploaded by Crisco 1492 (talk · contribs), October 2014[4]
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**The front façade of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, seen from the forecourt.**
FaceMePLS / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0. originally posted to Flickr as Mauritshuis
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Current situation

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