
The background of the painting is covered with black to set off the image of a young girl. The girl in the picture is wearing a brown coat with a white collar, a blue scarf and a lemon-colored scarf. She turns her head and looks out of the picture. Her lips are slightly open, and the Pearl earring on her left ear is barely visible, the image of the girl contrasts with the black background, highlighting the three-dimensional.
- The creation background
- The middle of the 17th century was a special period when Dutch culture and art gradually lost their original cultural characteristics. Under the new capitalist system in the Netherlands, the society granted more democracy and freedom to the people, this also makes the fine arts free from the religious and the Palace’s fetter, more widely faces the secular life. In order to establish their own reputation, beautify their living environment and attach themselves to the style, the emerging bourgeoisie and the townspeople order oil paintings in large quantities. Based on this creative soil, the artists no longer pay attention to the performance of major social themes, but more attention to the details of life to cater to the bourgeois and civic class aesthetic taste.
- I can see the innocent eyes of a young girl in this picture. It is wearing a blue scarf, very temperament, quiet in revealing calm. I didn’t see the Damsel in distress. I think she was a little surprised. This painting has a similar smell to the Mona Lisa. But the background of this picture is all black