When Girl with a Pearl Earring appeared as lot 38 at an Amsterdam auction in 1696, it didn’t have a formal name. It was described in the catalog as a tronie, a Dutch character study with exaggerated ...
Here’s a pearl of wisdom. After 360 years, an art historian has allegedly solved one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the identity of the subject in the “Girl With a Pearl Earring” painting.