Why it matters
A young woman in a yellow jacket ties on a pearl necklace and gazes into a mirror by the window. The same woman appears in The Love Letter and A Lady Writing a Letter.
Did you know?
- It was painted around 1664.
- It shows the yellow and blue tones and light from the left typical of Vermeer.
- Vermeer was also an innkeeper and art dealer.
Based on the Wikipedia article Woman with a Pearl Necklace (CC BY-SA 4.0).
