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Did you know Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring is thought to be an imaginary representation of Mary Magdalene in the Bible?

2025-11-07T04:44:00Z

Woman Alive deputy editor, Jemimah Wright explores a fresh theory about Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring — could this enigmatic masterpiece actually depict Mary Magdalene at the moment she recognises the risen Christ?