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Behold, the Vermeer classic (europe.pub)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by jaennaet@sopuli.xyz to c/historymemes@lemmy.world
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Pearl with a Girl Earring (Dutch: Parel met het meisje)
Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665.

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

Needs to be a whole series on this:

Girl with a pearl earl
Burl with a pearl girl
Earring with a whirl pearl

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Het* meisje, or more literally: de parel met de meisjesoorbel

[–] jaennaet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Stupid noun genders, *grumble*

[–] tgt@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

So parel is actually feminine and and meisje is gender-neutral.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

lol

Nice alt text

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ai did it again

[–] jaennaet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Pixelmator Pro did it again, thank you very much