On the representation of the artist's personality in cinema: the case of “Girl with a Pearl Earring”

The cinematic representation of an artist's persona inevitably entails informational transformations. Through an examination of “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, this study traces the trajectory of Jan Vermeer's image through a multilayered system of recodings — from literary interpretation to screen incarnation. Rather than serving as an impediment, understatement emerges as a productive form of informational distortion, whilst historical details legitimise artistic fiction. This article continues a series of investigations into “informational noise” within screen arts, previously explored in scholarly publications.