Claim: Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch painter, created the Girl with a Pearl Earring painting.
Evidence: Scarlett Johansson stars as Griet , a young 17th-century servant in the household of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer -LRB- played by Colin Firth -RRB- at the time he painted Girl with a Pearl Earring -LRB- 1665 -RRB- in the city of Delft in Holland.
Girl with a Pearl Earring -LRB- Meisje met de parel -RRB- is an oil painting by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.