A centuries-old mystery surrounds Vermeer's painting, The Girl with a Pearl Earring. A fresh scientific perspective may now ...

Scientists have discovered the strange reason why 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' is so captivating, and it could explain the appeal of other great works of art like the Mona Lisa.

Johannes Vermeer (Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Girl with a Pearl Earring, ca. 1665 Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (44.5 x 39 cm) Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague Bequest of Arnoldus ...

"Girl With a Pearl Earring" culminates, appropriately enough, on the lingering image of Vermeer's actual painting, a conclusion that serves only to remind viewers of how superfluous the preceding ...

Johannes Vermeer’s iconic painting ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ is back on display at The Hague’s Mauritshuis museum after being targeted by anti-oil environmentalists in the Netherlands.

Prying eyes are hoping to catch a revealing look at one of art’s most enigmatic subjects. Even today, more than 350 years after Johannes Vermeer painted “Girl with a Pearl Earring,&#822… ...

The pearl in Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring at 140-times magnification. Photo by Hirox Europe, Jyfel. When the museum last investigated the painting, ...

"Girl With A Pearl Earring" is an intelligent, visually ravishing adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's novel about the Dutch master Vermeer and the model for one of his most famous paintings. Peter ...

The Mona Lisa’s famous smile — a woman thinking about herself smiling — may be the first appearance in art of modern ambivalence. The works of Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch genius of light ...