The Original Collection

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

c. 1665

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer is not a portrait in the conventional sense, but a tronie. A study of expression, character, and physiognomy rather than an identifiable individual. Sometimes referred to as the "Mona Lisa of the North", although, unlike the Mona Lisa, the girl in the painting never lived.

Vermeer isn't depicting a story, status, or identity. He is depicting a moment of awareness, the instant someone turns and meets your gaze. By this time, the Middle Ages were long gone.

Were it ever to appear at auction, it is widely believed it could command a price in the region of $100 million.

NFT Details

The Related Digital Assets

The contents of each NFT consists of two core digital components, both of which are available below. For a deeper understanding of how these assets function as an NFT, please refer to the Education section.

  • The NFT Metadata: Contains all on-chain information about this asset, including the IPFS address of The Digital Image.
  • The Digital Image: The associated visual content, also can be accessed through the IPFS.

We strongly advise NFT holders to securely store copies of the two files above. In the unlikely event that the files become unpinned from the IPFS network, pinning can be restored as long as the exact digital files are preserved.

Pricing Context

Buyout prices are based on the Reference Value of the original artwork, from which NFT pricing have been derived. Item offered as Digital Collectible. Resale not guaranteed. For more information on employed methodology and key considerations, please refer to our Pricing page.

Reference Value of Original Artwork (for context only): 450,000,000 USD.

Buyout price: 102,273 XRP

Resale value is uncertain and secondary-market liquidity is not guaranteed.

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Where can I view this NFT

The NFT can be viewed and interacted with across several platforms:

  • View an intuitive version of the NFT record on Bithomp.
  • Inspect the raw transaction data directly on the live XRP Ledger.
  • Buy, sell, or bid on this NFT via the leading XRPL marketplace xrp.cafe. Secondary-market liquidity is not guaranteed. NFTs are high-risk and may lose value.

Specifically, the information at this address - The NFT Metadata - contains the NFT's name, artist, description, issuer, and the content address of The Digital Image, which is likewise retrievable through the IPFS, in the same fashion.

Notes on mint

Minting was done through an XRP Ledger minting platform provided by Aesthetes, the popular XRPL NFT platform for contemporary artists.

Licencing

This work is believed to be in the public domain in the United Kingdom on the basis that the creator died more than 70 years ago, and no other known restrictions apply under applicable copyright law.

This work is believed to be in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

Consistent with the position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation, we affirm that faithful digital reproductions of two-dimensional public domain artworks are themselves in the public domain.

To explore the full basis for this work's public domain designation, see the relevant entry on Wikimedia Commons.

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