Monday, February 26, 2018

The Goal: Learn All There Is To Learn About Vermeer's 'The Girl With The Pearl Earring'

The method: Use every noninvasive technique known to art, and medicine (yes, medicine), in a two-week blitz of discovery. The paintings conservator at the Mauritshaus Royal Picture Gallery says: "The expertise and the scientific equipment are coming from the whole world, converging on this one painting, this one masterpiece. ... We’ll see how much information we can gain with the technology at our disposal in a very short period of time — two weeks, working 24 hours a day, day and night."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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