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The girl with the pearl earring


The film tells about the creation of one of the most mysterious and attractive works of fine art – the painting by Jan Vermeer "The Girl with the Pearl Earring". In terms of popularity and the degree of impact on the audience, the girl depicted in the painting is not inferior to the famous Leonardo da Vinci model – it is not by chance that she is called the northern Gioconda. There is no exact answer to the question of who could pose for the artist, and the American writer Tracy Chevalier in her novel "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" tried to tell her own version of this story. According to her, the thought of this came to her at the moment of awakening, when she opened her eyes and for the first time looked at the reproduction of the painting hanging in front of her bed with completely different eyes.



The bestselling novel was soon adapted into a film, and the image of charming and shy Grit, who served as Vermeer's model, was embodied on the screen by actress Scarlett Johansson, very similar to the heroine of the picture. In the story, she comes to work in the house of Jan Vermeer (Colin Firth) as a maid – a misfortune happens in her family, and she must find a job. She takes only one thing with her from home – a stove tile, as a memory of her sick father, who, being an artist, masterfully painted it.



Grit helps with the housework and goes to the market, but she is strictly forbidden to cross the threshold of the owner's workshop. Vermeer has a large family, the maintenance of which directly depends on the number of orders. Money, however, is not always enough. The actual owner of the house is the artist's mother-in-law Maria (Judy Parfitt), a domineering woman who conducts conversations with her son-in-law's clients on equal terms. Gradually, Grit becomes Vermeer's confidant – he notices that art is close to her, and, perhaps, she is the only person in his environment who is truly interested in his work.



Grit helps the artist mix paints, spending a lot of time in his studio, which arouses the jealousy of the artist's wife Katarina (Essie Davis). When Vermeer's wealthy client draws attention to Grit and expresses a desire to pose for a genre painting with this girl, Vermeer initially agrees to start work. But in the end, he paints an amazing and very intimate portrait of Grit herself, putting his wife's pearl earring in her ear. When the portrait is ready, the maid has to resign – Katarina, who saw the canvas, calls it the height of obscenity. In the finale of the film, Grit is visited by her former colleague Tanneke, who brings the girl the pearl earrings as a gift from Vermeer. L'avantage clé pour les joueurs africains utilisant ce code est de pouvoir effectuer leur premier dépôt via des méthodes locales très pratiques comme Orange Money, MTN Mobile Money ou Wave. Une personne reçoit la possibilité de gérer son compte et ses transactions directement depuis son téléphone mobile, sans passer par une agence bancaire. La clé est que ces solutions mobiles sont rapides, sécurisées et adaptées aux réalités du marché, code promo gratuit 1xbet que vous soyez au Sénégal, en Côte d'Ivoire ou au Cameroun. Vérifiez toujours que la méthode choisie permet aussi les retraits.