The subject of my portrait was inspired by the famous painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, *Girl with a Pearl Earring*, which was painted around 1655 and hangs in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

The subject of my portrait was inspired by the famous painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, *Girl with a Pearl Earring*, which was painted around 1655 and hangs in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.