Georges Seurat - Suburb 1882

Suburb 1882
Suburb
1882 32x40cm oil/canvas
Musee d'Art Moderne, Troyes, France

« previous picture | Georges Seurat | next picture »

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