The “girl with a pearl earring” might as well be holding a rosary off canvas. Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who painted the work by that title, popularized by the 2003 film ...

Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (baptized in Delft as Joannis ... who published an essay attributing sixty-six pictures to him, (although only thirty-five paintings are firmly attributed to him ...

A selection of images to accompany Tracey Emin's Cultural Exchange choice: Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, by Johannes Vermeer Private Collection, New York. Courtesy The National Gallery.

A selection of images to accompany Tracey Emin's Cultural Exchange choice: Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, by Johannes Vermeer Oil on canvas, 54.3cm × 44cm. Image courtesy of The Rijksmuseum.