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Smell the Seventeenth Century in Art
23 November 2020
From 11 February 2021, the Mauritshuis in The Hague will present the exhibition Fleeting – Scents in Colour. You will be able to explore the portrayal of scent and smell in 17th-century art, the scents of the past, the role of scent in stories, the suggestion of scent in artworks, and sensory perc
‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ Stood in Front of a Curtain
28 April 2020
An international team of scientists has brought us closer to Johannes Vermeer’ painting Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665) than ever before. By employing multidisciplinary research, the team made discoveries about his brushwork, his use of pigments, and the way that he ‘built up’ this paintin