If all of the above makes Girl with a Pearl Earring sound unappealing, then it shouldn't. Like Lost in Translation, the other film currently featuring the prodigious Scarlett Johansson ...

A new exhibition at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands, shows how Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring, has changed over time. Using the latest imaging ...

A centuries-old mystery surrounds Vermeer's painting, The Girl with a Pearl Earring. A fresh scientific perspective may now reveal what makes it so captivating. Neuroscientists have measured the brain ...

Johannes Vermeer's Girl With The Pearl Earring is one of the world's most popular paintings - and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed.

You have to love her whether you want to or not.' 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' was painted by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in ...

They discovered that the real paintings, which included The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, had much more emotional impact in findings described as “important and relevant for t ...

The painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' (or 'Girl with a Blue Turban') by Johannes Vermeer is one of the most famous paintings in the world. Why is it that people are so fascinated by the girl in ...

Girl With A Pearl Earring has been part of the collection of the Mauritshuis in the city of The Hague, Netherlands for over a century. This masterpiece by Johannes Vermeer will temporarily leave ...

This fictitious backstory to the creation of Vermeer's best-known painting looks so impressive, and so precisely mimics the colours the 17th-century Dutchman used, it's a while before you realise ...

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 ...