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’s iconic “Girl with a Pearl Earring” has gone back on display at the Mauritshuis museum, a day after climate activists targeted the 17th-century masterpiece.

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FILE- Visitors take pictures of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring (approx. 1665) during a preview for the press of the renovated Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands, June 20, 2014 ...

FILE- Visitors take pictures of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring (approx. 1665) during a preview for the press of the renovated Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands, June 20, 2014 ...

Last week, dynamo Dede Wilsey dazzled in her Harry Winston diamond earrings while entertaining patrons at the de Young Museum. But as this black-tie dinner up in the museum's Hamon Tower ...

Johannes Vermeer’s iconic “Girl with a Pearl Earring” has gone back on display at the Mauritshuis museum, a day after climate activists targeted the 17th-century masterpiece.

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" started as a piece of artwork, and was later brought to life, given a fictional background story in a 1999 book and a 2003 movie. (Mark Sullivan/WireImage for Mikimoto ...

Climate activists targeted Dutch master Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring at a museum in The Hague, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported on Thursday, but the artwork was apparently not damaged.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Johannes Vermeer's “Girl with a Pearl Earring” went back on display at the Netherlands' Mauritshuis museum Friday, a day after climate activists targeted the 17th-ce ...