Lady with an earring.jpg
Lady with an earring.jpg

Lady with an earring

$600.00

A charcoal drawing after Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, rendered with soft tonal transitions and restrained highlights. The work emphasizes the sculptural calm of the face and the quiet luminosity of the subject, translating Vermeer’s painterly light into a nuanced monochrome study.

A charcoal drawing after Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, rendered with soft tonal transitions and restrained highlights. The work emphasizes the sculptural calm of the face and the quiet luminosity of the subject, translating Vermeer’s painterly light into a nuanced monochrome study.

Medium: Charcoal

  • Support: Bristol paper

  • Dimensions: 18 × 24 inches

  • After: Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring)

  • Style: Classical realism / master study

  • Condition: Original hand-drawn work

  • Presentation: Unframed; archival framing recommended

As a charcoal work on Bristol, the surface allows for smooth gradation and crisp edges, well suited to classical portrait studies. Because this piece is after a master, it is best presented as a study or homage, not as a reinterpretation for commercial reproduction.