Visitors at the Amsterdam museum crowd around one of the artist’s most famous works, The Milkmaid (1658-59). It was one of the 28 works assembled for the show that made it the largest-ever Vermeer ...

When Girl with a Pearl Earring appeared as lot 38 at an Amsterdam auction in 1696, it didn’t have a formal name. It was described in the catalog as a tronie, a Dutch character study with exaggerated ...

For 360 years, her pensive stare has captivated all who have fixed their eyes on hers. But as for who the muse in Johannes Vermeer's 1665 work Girl with a Pearl Earring actually was, that has been an ...

Here’s a pearl of wisdom. After 360 years, an art historian has allegedly solved one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the identity of the subject in the “Girl With a Pearl Earring” painting.

The identity of the muse in the Girl with a Pearl Earring has been revealed for the first time in 360 years. A historian believes he has uncovered the name of the girl in the artwork painted by ...

That At Home in the 17th Century is an atypical exhibition for the Rijksmuseum is clear from the very start.