Medal - Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earing" Holland Nederland Pays-Bas

Features

Location	Netherlands
Type	Souvenir medallions
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	11.9 g
Diameter	31 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 571381

Commemorative issue

Girl with a Pearl Earing

Series: Holland Nederland Pays-Bas

Obverse

The famous painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" from Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VERMEER
DELFT

Reverse

Silouette of the map of the Netherlands, and a symbol of a lion (used in Dutch heraldry for centuries). Surrounded by the name of the country in French, Dutch and English

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HOLLAND
NEDERLAND
PAYS-BAS

Translation: Holland Netherlands Low Countries

Edge

Plain

Comments

Girl With A Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments.

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