
LONDON (Reuters) – A painting of Saint Praxedis by Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who painted “The Girl with the Pearl Earring,” sold at auction on Tuesday for 6,242,500 pounds ($10.62 million), Christie’s said on its Twitter feed.Click to see full answer. Simply so, how much is a Vermeer painting worth?A recently authenticated painting by Johannes Vermeer sold for almost $40 million at auction on Wednesday, a record for the 17th century Dutch painter and the fifth-highest price ever paid for an Old Master.One may also ask, where is the girl with the pearl earring painting now? Mauritshuis Correspondingly, how much is the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring? Ignoring that fact, it’s still difficult to speculate about how much the painting could sell for. Only one Vermeer painting has been sold since 1921. A Young Woman Seated at the Virginal (c. 1670) sold at auction in 2003, getting $30.1 million dollars.Is the Girl with a Pearl Earring based on a true story?Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of his most famous paintings, but very little is actually known about it. The girl herself is a mystery who has inspired both a novel and a movie speculating on her true story.
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