Shown from the chest up, a young, pale-skinned woman looks over her shoulder and grins widely at us so her bottom teeth show in this vertical painting. The girl’s shoulders face our left in profile, and she turns her head to look out from the corners of her large, dark eyes. She has a round face with faint brows, a slightly turned up nose, and full pink lips. A teardrop-shaped pearl hangs from the ear we see. Her dark hair is brushed back and covered by a charcoal gray cloth, which drapes to her upper back. A wide white collar lies across an ochre-yellow garment, and the background is dark…
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The Smiling Girl

painter Anonymous Artist

Imitator of related artist Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632 - 1675)

c. 1925

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 41 x 31.8 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.) ; framed: 68.9 x 59.1 x 12.1 cm (27 1/8 x 23 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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