Elsy Popularity. In the U.S. in 2015, it ranked 3,584 in baby name popularity for girls with 43 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name. In contrast, the year before it ranked 4,281 in baby name popularity for girls with 34 occurrences.
For other uses, see Girl with a Pearl Earring (disambiguation) . Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is a tronie of a girl with a headscarf and a pearl earring.
One historian suggests she was actually the artist who painted a fifth of the works attributed to Vermeerâhis daughter. By Benjamin Binstock. Girl With a Pearl Earring, oil on canvas, c. 1670, 46.5 cm by 40 cm. Painting by Johannes Vermeer. Courtesy of Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague. Johannes Vermeerâs iconic Girl With a Pearl Earring has arrived at the Frick Collection in New York, drawing unprecedented crowds.