Georges Seurat - Head of a Girl 1879

Head of a Girl 1879
Head of a Girl
1879 oil/canvas
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and
Collection, Washington DC USA

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Johannes Vermeer - The Girl with a Pearl Earring 1665. It is not a portrait, but a ‘tronie’ – a painting of an imaginary figure. Tronies depict a certain type or character; in this case a girl in exotic dress, wearing an oriental turban and an improbably large pearl in her ear. ArtsViewer.com