Johannes Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring

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The novel, Girl With a Pearl Earring, ends with the finishing of the painting that Johannes Vermeer has been working on for years. For the painting, Vermeer asked Griet to show her natural hair which she refused to do, because of her fear of someone recognizing her in the piece of artwork. Vermeer finally agrees to let her wear the headdress but asks that she wear a single pearl earring, that belongs to the wife of Johannes Vermeer, Catharina. Towards the end of the book, Griet realizes that Vermeer merely saw her as a girl perfect for his next painting and that she was better off with Pieter; the butcher's son, who loved her, promised her that he would marry her, and would provide for her family that she cared deeply for. At this point in