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 ...

The largest Scottish freshwater pearl found in living memory is being auctioned, nearly six decades after its discovery. The Abernethy Pearl is expected to fetch between £40,000 and £60,000 when ...

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 ...