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THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING: Maybe the girl next door

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Johannes Vermeer , the extraordinary Dutch artist created 'The Girl With A Pearl Earring' . A painting, so efficacious and illustrious, that it creates an impact like no other. Almost as if a vision come to life, the painting has been estimated to be painted in 1665 , as it was recorded in Vermeer's inventory in 1975, therefore painted during the Baroque Art Movement . This compelling piece of art has its own  set of inscrutable mysteries, each worth taking about. Inspiration There are less verifiable facts we know about Vermeer than one can count on their fingers. there are only 36 paintings made by him that we know of today, The Girl with A Pearl Earring being the most famous one. Made by him in the small Dutch town of Delf t, the painting is of a woman like most of his other works, but unlike them she is not shown doing a some everyday work .  Vermeer's Family  Often mistaken as a portrait, the painting has been conclude to be a Tronie , which will b