girl with a pearl earring

The Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of painter Johannes Vermeer's masterworks. The painting is currently housed at The Mauritshuis in The Hague. It is sometimes referred to as "the Mona Lisa of the North".

Novel

Vermeer's painting inspired a novel Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, which imagines the circumstances under which the painting came to be created.

Film

The 2003 United Kingdom/Luxembourg drama film Girl with a Pearl Earring is directed by Peter Webber. The screenplay is adapted from the novel by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson and Cillian Murphy. Griet (Johansson) is a peasant woman who is forced to work as a maid in the home of the painter Vermeer (Firth). She eventually becomes the model for what becomes one of his most famous works.

Awards won

2003 - Camerimage Bronze Frog - Eduardo Serra
2003 - Dinard British Film Festival Audience Award - Peter Webber
2003 - Dinard British Film Festival Golden Hitchcock - Peter Webber
2004 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award - Best Cinematography - Eduardo Serra
2003 - San Diego Film Critics Society Award - Best Cinematography - Eduardo Serra
2003 - San Sebastin International Film Festival - Best Cinematography - Eduardo Serra
2003 - C.I.C.A.E. Award - Peter Webber

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