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10 Euros Girl with a Pearl Earring
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 10 Euros |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a three-dimensional sculptural interpretation of Johannes Vermeer's celebrated painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' (c. 1665), rendered in high relief at the centre of a polished mirror-finish field. The subject is depicted in a three-quarter bust facing left, wearing a blue and yellow turban and a single pendant pearl earring, faithfully reproducing the composition of the original Dutch Golden Age masterwork. An ornamental picture-frame border in high relief surrounds the central image, with the vertical legend 'LA JEUNE FILLE À LA PERLE - J. VERMEER' inscribed along the left frame stile. A circular cartouche in the upper left corner bears a star device and the inscription 'CHEFS D'ŒUVRE DES MUSÉES', while the upper frame rail carries the date '2021' and the dedication 'LEGAAT A. A. DES TOMBE'. |
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Issued as part of Monnaie de Paris's ongoing "Masterpieces of Museums" series, this coin commemorates Vermeer's celebrated painting held at the Mauritshuis in The Hague. The Netherlands has no formal claim on the coin — it is a French issue capitalizing on international cultural recognition rather than any diplomatic or institutional partnership with the Dutch museum.
Vermeer's authorship of the original painting went largely uncontested after its acquisition by Arnoldus Andries des Tombe in 1881 for just two guilders and thirty cents at a Den Haag estate sale.