The Girl with a Pearl Earring meme is used when you turn round at something you overheard. The top is something someone just said or did. The bottom (and the look over the shoulder) is the speaker turning round, quietly unimpressed. The joke is the side glance.
Our recreation of the Girl with a Pearl Earring format, with a small business caption.
How the Girl with a Pearl Earring meme works
What it means
The top is something someone just said or did. The bottom (and the look over the shoulder) is the speaker turning round, quietly unimpressed. The joke is the side glance.
Use it when
You turn round at something you overheard.
Also called
Girl with a Pearl Earring, girl with a pearl earring, vermeer, looking back, over the shoulder
How popular
Number 298 of the 312 formats in our library, ranked by how often each is captioned and how often business accounts use it.
Its captions
1.What you just saidup to 60 characters
2.Her look backup to 50 characters
Every picture here is our own recreation of the format: the same layout, pose and joke, drawn with generic people. None is the original meme photo, and none shows a celebrity or the person from the original. Some formats are drawn with text and shapes only.
Girl with a Pearl Earring meme examples for 13 industries
The same format, captioned for each kind of business. Open an industry for its other memes.
What does the Girl with a Pearl Earring meme mean?
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The top is something someone just said or did. The bottom (and the look over the shoulder) is the speaker turning round, quietly unimpressed. The joke is the side glance.
When should I use the Girl with a Pearl Earring meme?
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When you turn round at something you overheard. It fits the reaction and irony kind of joke.
How do I caption the Girl with a Pearl Earring meme?
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It has 2 captions: what you just said (up to 60 characters); her look back (up to 50 characters). Keep each to a few words so the meme reads in a second.
Can I use the Girl with a Pearl Earring meme for my business?
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Yes. The picture is Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer, about 1665, which is in the public domain: nobody owns it, so it is free to use, also for business posts. Keep the caption honest.
A Girl with a Pearl Earring meme about your business
Type what the joke is about. Content Drifter writes the captions in your brand’s voice on this format and two others, and schedules the one you like.