No one knows the Girl in painting known as Girl with a Pearl Earring is. Completed in $1665$ , the painting is an example of style of work called 'tronie'. Popular in the Dutch Golden Age, tronies were paintings that focussed on the face of a subject with an added element of fantasy or exaggeration of expression that makes them different from portraits. Who painted this tronies?

Rembrandt van Rijn

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Vincent van Gogh

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Johannes Vermeer

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Jan van Eyck

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The correct option is D Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch artist who created paintings that are most precious. He began his career in painting in the early 1650s. He mostly painted women indulged in domestic works. A tronie is a common type of work prevalent in Dutch Golden Age painting, it shows an exaggerated facial expression or a stock character in costume.

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