She was never a portrait. Vermeer painted what the Dutch called a tronie, a study of a type rather than a likeness of a person, which is why nobody can tell you her name and why every theory about her has failed to stick. An invented girl with no biography outlasted every important commissioned sitter of her century. So the update costs her nothing. Same turban, same pearl, same look back over the shoulder, and a studded jacket that suits her better than anyone expected. For people who never needed the introduction.

A Girl with a Pearl Earring graphic tee for art history readers, Vermeer admirers, and anyone drawn to the ones who were never named. The Dutch Golden Age painting reworked in punk, the turban and the pearl kept, a spiked leather jacket and fishnet added, the over-the-shoulder glance unchanged. A gift for gallery regulars, painters, art students, and lovers of the anonymous.