About Vermeer
There are no surviving drawings by Vermeer, and we know very little about his early life, his workshop or how he learned to paint.
So the best way to learn more about him and the way he painted is by investigating the canvas, pigments, oil and other materials that he used to make his most famous painting.
After our technical investigations, the Girl with a Pearl Earring will be one of the most thoroughly researched and documented paintings in the world.
You can witness this technical examination in person at the Mauritshuis, or virtually through this blog and social media. During the next two weeks, I will post about restoration history, pigments and colours, painting technique, and the progress of the examination. In tomorrow’s blog post, you can meet the team that is examining the Girl, and find out about the high-tech scientific methods we will use to investigate her.