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But then Vermeer's patron, the wealthy van Ruijven, who is attracted by Griet, insists that the maid and he be the subjects of next commissioned work. Griet and Vermeer are reluctant to agree because of Griet's strict modesty and the scandal caused by the last occasion van Ruijven was painted with a young woman. Eventually, Vermeer compromises and agrees to paint Griet on her own, wearing Catharina's pearl earrings.
但后來維米爾的贊助人，富有的范·魯伊文，被葛里葉所吸引，堅持讓葛里葉和他成為下一個委托作品的表現對象。葛里葉和維米爾不愿同意，因為葛里葉非常羞怯，而且上次范·魯伊文與一位年輕女子的畫像引起了丑聞。最終，維米爾妥協了，同意只畫葛里葉一個人，并且讓葛里葉戴著卡薩琳娜的珍珠耳環。
one day, Vermeer's daughter discovers that Griet has been modeling for her father, and tells her mother. Filled with jealousy, Catharina storms into the studio and demands to see the painting. Griet is embarrassed when Vermeer accuses Catharina of not understanding art and decides to leave the Vermeer household.
有一天，維米爾的女兒發現葛里葉一直在為父親當模特，并告訴了母親。滿懷嫉妒，卡薩琳娜沖進畫室，要求看一看那幅畫。當維米爾指責卡薩琳娜不懂藝術時，葛里葉感到尷尬并決定離開維米爾家。
Ten years later, Griet married Pieter. In the meantime, Vermeer dies and in his will, left the earrings to Griet. Tracy Chevalier's talent was to bring to life for modern readers the story of a young woman in a small city many centuries ago, and above all, to speculate on the answers to some of the questions which the painting provokes.
十年后，葛里葉嫁給了皮耶特。與此同時，維米爾去世了，他在遺囑中把耳環留給了葛里葉。崔西·雪佛蘭的才華在于，他為現代讀者生動地講述了許多世紀前一個小城市里的年輕女子的故事，最重要的是，推測這幅畫所引發的一些問題的答案。
The novel was a best seller and consequently was made into a film of the same name in 2003. The film shows very effectively the tension between the two when Vermeer pierces Griet's earlobes so she can wear his wife's Pearl earrings for the portrait commissioned by his patron. It ends with a scene not described in the novel, with the Pearl earrings being mysteriously delivered to Griet. And we're left wondering if she ever marries Pieter.
這部小說非常暢銷，并因此在2003年被改編成同名電影。影片非常有效地展示出來，當維米爾刺穿葛里葉的耳垂時，兩者之間的緊張關系，這樣她就可以戴上他妻子的珍珠耳環，完成贊助人委托的肖像畫。它以小說中沒有描述的一幕結束，珍珠耳環被神秘地送到了葛里葉那里。我們都在想她會不會嫁給皮耶特。
The painting has been described as the Mona Lisa of the North, precisely because, like Leonardo da Vinci's painting, it portrays a woman with a mysterious smile, yet which contains levels of meanings and questions. The fact that a single painting can generate a thoroughly rewarding novel and a popular film demonstrates our fascination in the mystery of the girl with a Pearl Earring.
這幅畫被稱為北方的《蒙娜麗莎》，正是因為，就像達芬奇的畫一樣，它描繪了一個帶著神秘微笑的女人，但其中包含了不同層次的含義和問題。一幅畫就能使一部令人滿意的小說和一部受歡迎的電影誕生，這一事實證明了我們對那個《戴珍珠耳環的少女》的神秘感的迷戀。
