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Johannes Vermeer We are based in South London near Croydon and if preferred this item can be picked up by appointment. Just e-mail here. Sold with a full money back guarantee, they are so beautiful I have no doubt you will love them. Buy Print. June 14: Info on the original painting added here. This is a stunning reproduction on canvas of the original painting by the above artist. We describe every reproduction which we create as a "Outstanding". You may think this to be a rather grand claim, but with our rigorous attention to detail allied with the very latest in technology, we doubt that you will disagree when you see the finished product. All of our prints are reproduced using the very latest technology which yields spectacular reproductions. We use only the finest quality 100% cotton canvas which would look perfect in any home. Using contemporary historical information we digitally remaster every reproduction to produce an enhanced image. We have endeavoured to create a reproduction as the artist would have intended his work to have been displayed at the time when it was painted. On inspection, I was pleasantly surprised. Sent rolled in a hard tube to avoid damage. Unstretched. Canvas Size: 18 x 12 inches (approx.); Image Size: 12.75 x 10.5 inches (approx.). Within the UK, you should receive your print within 5 working days. Probaly a bit quicker than that but to be on the safe side I put that estimate. So if you order on Monday you should receive it by Friday. And that includes all methods of payment listed below. Probaly one of the few places left who still take cheques! Outside the UK obviously takes a bit longer but currently (2014) they arrive on average within 10 - 14 working days from receipt of order. Usually quicker but again to be on the safe side I give this length of time. So wherever you order from you won't have long to wait to receive your beautiful canvas. c. 1665. Oil on canvas. 45 x 39 cm. Mauritshuis, The Hague. It is Vermeer's masterwork; it's what makes art the nearest thing to an outer body experience we will ever know. It is quite simply a little bit of Heaven on Earth. What makes the picture striking to me is because it is set off with a very dark background. Everything is luminous in front of it and makes the girl more striking because of it. A simple observation but nevertheless it is true. The girl has a three-dimensional quality because of it which I have seldom seen matched. This moment in the girl's life is captured forever and raises more intriguing questions than answers. She is forever looking over her left shoulder out to the viewer with her lips slightly open as if she is about to speak. What came next? What did she say? Her words: what were they? The light clothing help to give her a hypnotic and ethereal effect. Light brown jacket, white blouse, and a blue and yellow headscarf or turban. Interestingly, our perception of the piece has changed considerably in recent years. The movie in 2003 bought it to a wider audience but I'm not talking about that. It's the earring. In many of Vermeer's paintings the large tear shaped eaaring appears (Mistress and Maid instantly springs to mind). Here it stands out really distinctly as the girl's neck is in shadow. Thus the light reflected off the pearl is really emphasized. The painting was restored in 1994 and before then there was a second reflection on the pearl, slightly lower down and to the right. If you look at various re[roductions of the piece pre-1994 you can clearly see it. With the restoration it was found to be a flake of paint which had accidentally stuck to the canvas during a previous restoration, probaly in 1882. So for over 100 years our perception of the piece was different, the earring was different, and it was in no way how Vermeer had intended it to be. Spooky. And who was the girl? The age old question and probaly a question we will never know the answer to. Speculation abounds and the most popular is that if she is anybody (it could be an idealised figure for all we know) then she could be one of his daughters. But in 1665 his eldest daughter, Maria, would have only been 11 years old - too young surely to be The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Like a bargain? Well you have to go back to 1882. The Girl with the Pearl Earring sold at auction that year for two and a half guilders, less than £1. It was quickly established that it was a Vermeer and in 1903 was given to the Mauritshuis. Vermeer canvas prints @ ebay (direct link to his canvas prints) Back to Store |
