{"title":"Johannes Vermeer","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"girl-with-a-pearl-earring","title":"Girl with a Pearl Earring","description":"\u003cp\u003eOften called “The Mona Lisa of the North,” this artwork with its pure face and penetrating gaze was lost for 225 years. Rediscovered in 1881 and acquired for 2.5 guilders, it is now on display at the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, Netherlands. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Girl with a Pearl Earring \u003c\/strong\u003eby Dutch painter \u003cstrong\u003eJohannes Vermeer \u003c\/strong\u003egained popularity when American novelist Tracy Chevalier, enchanted by the recently restored painting, published a novel of the same name in 1999. In 2003, a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth also contributed to the growth of its fame and to perpetuating the fascination it arouses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grands Maîtres Collection","offers":[{"title":"20\" x 16\" \/ Canvas - Stretcher Bars 1 1\/2\"","offer_id":45828279664878,"sku":"","price":353.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20\" x 16\" \/ Canvas - Roll","offer_id":47142313165038,"sku":null,"price":193.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/7613\/5662\/files\/Jeune_Fille_a_la_perle.png?v=1755612550"},{"product_id":"the-milkmaid","title":"The Milkmaid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Milkmaid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esometimes called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen Maid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an\u003cspan\u003e oil on canvas painting \u003c\/span\u003eof a \"milkmaid\", in fact, a domestic kitchen maid by the\u003cspan\u003e Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer\u003c\/span\u003e. It is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which regards it as \"unquestionably one of the museum's finest attractions\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exact year of the painting's completion is unknown, with estimates varying by source. The Rijksmuseum estimates it as circa 1658. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew York City, it was painted in about 1657 or 1658.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe painting shows a milkmaid, a woman who milks cows and makes dairy products like butter and cheese, in a plain room carefully pouring milk into a squat earthenware container on a table. Milkmaids began working solely in the stables before large houses hired them to do housework as well rather than hiring out for more staff. Also on the table in front of the milkmaid are various types of bread. She is a young, sturdily built woman wearing a crisp linen cap, a blue apron and work sleeves pushed up from thick forearms. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFun Fact: The Milkmaid artwork was seen in Commander Lawrence’s kitchen, in \"The Handmaid's Tale\" TV series season 3.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grands Maîtres Collection","offers":[{"title":"18\" x 16\" \/ Canvas - Stretcher Bars 1 1\/2\"","offer_id":45828481351918,"sku":"","price":306.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" x 16\" \/ Canvas - Roll","offer_id":47142302974190,"sku":null,"price":156.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/7613\/5662\/files\/Johannes_Vermeer_-_Het_melkmeisje_-_Google_Art_Project.png?v=1755612550"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.gmcollection.art\/collections\/johannes-vermeer.oembed","provider":"GMC.art International Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}