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

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 ...

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 ...

Exhibition on Screen is a documentary series that explores the history behind works of art. Each episode focuses on a particular iconic piece, revealing the background that led to its creation and ...

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.

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.

A new research project at the Mauritshuis in The Hague hopes to unlock some of the mysteries that surround Vermeer’s masterpiece. How pranayama, the ancient art of controlled yogic breathing ...

Tracy Chevalier's much-loved novel about the unknown model in Vermeer's famous painting, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Starring Khalid Abdalla, Hattie Morahan and Tom Goodman-Hill.

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 ...