Woman with a Pearl Necklace would cover is very similar to that in his painting "Woman with a Water Jug". On that same side of the wall, Vermeer displays a framed mirror. The black frame is most likely made of ebony, which indicates wealth and status. The fact that Vermeer uses a mirror is also distinctive. Vermeer associated the sense of reflection to portray the woman with vanity or feminine power. Also due to Vermeer’s interest in certain Greek muses, he used the mirror to portray duality. However, according to the Essential Vermeer Website, other historians believe this mirror may indicate a Dutch theme of
Dinos of the Gorgon Painter kinds of animals. However, the stands are much larger and the vases are proportionately much smaller. Dinos of the Gorgon Painter The Dinos of the Gorgon Painter () is an important example of ancient Greek pottery, produced at Athens around 580 BC. It entered the Louvre's collection in 1861, with the purchase of Giampietro Campana's collection (Inv. E 874). This masterpiece, which is decorated with gorgons, is the source of the name the anonymous painter who decorated it and is therefore known as the Gorgon Painter. The "dinos", a banqueting vessel of large dimensions in which water was mixed into