The document discusses several paintings from between 1662 and 1910 that depict a woman wearing a pearl necklace and asks which image best represents the character of Mathilde and why. It lists the paintings "String of Pearls" by William Paxton from 1908, "The Necklace" by Thomas Wilmer Dewing from 1907, "Woman with a Pearl Necklace" by Johannes Vermeer from 1662, "The Necklace" by John William Waterhouse from 1909, "The New Necklace" by William McGregor Paxton from 1910, and "The Pearl Necklace" by Frédéric Soulacroix with no date given.