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Girl with a Pearl Earring
is one of
Dutch
painter
Johannes Vermeer
's masterworks and as the name implies, uses a
pearl
earring
for a
focal point
. The painting is currently housed at The
Mauritshuis
in
The Hague
. It is sometimes referred to as "the
Mona Lisa
of the North" or "the Dutch
Mona Lisa
".
Artist:
Johannes Vermeer
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