A new exhibition at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands, shows how Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring ... painted it around 1665. “We found out some ...

(image courtesy the artist) Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (1665), housed at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands, is one of the most recognizable works of ...

Painted by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1665, the 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' has long been admired as one of the greatest paintings of its period. But to understand what makes this ...

The “girl with a pearl earring” might as well be holding a rosary off canvas. Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who painted the work by that title, popularized by the 2003 film ...

Griet comes to Vermeer's home as an illiterate servant but her duties take her to the Master's studio. Here she shows an instinctive affinity with the artistic process. (2003) Watch all your favourite ...