MOSCOW, 29 Sep — RIA Novosti. Scientists from the Mauritshuis Museum (the Netherlands) released the results of a large-scale study of the painting “Girl with a pearl earring” (1665) by Dutch painter Jan Vermeer. They revealed a few secrets of one of the most famous paintings in the world, reports The Guardian.
However, having carefully studied the portrait, the restorers were able to make two major discoveries: found eyelashes at the girl and the folds of green fabric in the background, not just a dark background, as believed before.
All this allowed to conclude that the canvas depicts a real person. Previously, researchers assumed that the absence of eyelashes of the girl may be due to the fact that Vermeer wrote an abstract face. A similar explanation applies to the formless space.
the Restorers understood and in what technique the artist was painting. It turned out that he started with brown and black paint before adding other colors, but he gradually moved from the background to the foreground.
They were actually able to identify those materials that Vermeer used to make paint, in the XVII century were worth more than gold. So, lead ore, necessary for the creation of white color, brought from the Northern part of England, for the red color needed pigment insects that live in Mexico and South America, and the blue was made of semi — precious stone Afghan lapis lazuli.
a Legendary gem, it’s probably the author’s fiction. “She doesn’t have a loop and hook to hang on the ear,” explained Vandemere.
the Researchers found a few edits that are made by the Vermeer. He slightly changed the position of the ear, the top of the scarf and the back of the neck.
