Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Golden Age is the term used for the seventeenth century in the Netherlands, a period in which the country gained independence and enjoyed great prosperity. These uniquely favourable political, economic, religious, and social circumstances created a climate for the arts to flourish. As a result, many pictures of extraordinary quality were produced during the Dutch Golden Age. Estimates put the artistic output in the period between five and ten million paintings in total.

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