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'Girl with a Pearl Earring', c1665. The girl's headdress has an exotic effect. Turbans were a popular fashionable accessory in Europe as early as the 15th century. It has been suggested that the pearl in Vermeer's painting is a symbol of chastity. From the collection of the Mauritshuis, the Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

'Girl with a Pearl Earring', c1665. The girl's headdress has an exotic effect. Turbans were a popular fashionable accessory in Europe as early as the 15th century. It has been suggested that the pearl in Vermeer's painting is a symbol of chastity. From the collection of the Mauritshuis, the Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)