New Handmade “Girl with a Pearl Earring” Dangle Earrings (1.8" long x 0.8" wide) These lovely earrings uniquely use “negative space” by having a window/open space in the middle of each pendant in the shape of the girl’s face. ABOUT “GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING” “‘Girl with a Pearl Earring,’ created circa 1665, is Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's most famous painting. 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.”