A centuries-old mystery surrounds Vermeer's painting, The Girl with a Pearl Earring. A fresh scientific perspective may now ...

Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With A Pearl Earring” was the latest target of environmental activists Wednesday when a man appeared to attempt to glue his own bald head to the 357 ...

Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (approx. 1665) at the renovated Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2014. Peter Dejong/Associated Press, file ...

Johannes Vermeer's iconic painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" was targeted by climate activists at a Dutch museum on Thursday in the latest public demonstration of vandalism on famous art pieces.

Anti-oil environmentalists in the Netherlands tried to glue themselves to Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece "Girl with a Pearl Earring" on Thursday in the latest stunt involving iconic works of art.

The painting was created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer and is the most famous of his artwork. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is a mysterious piece of work, displaying an imaginary subject.

Johannes Vermeer’s iconic painting ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ is back on display at The Hague’s Mauritshuis museum after being targeted by anti-oil environmentalists in the Netherlands.

A climate protester glued his head to “Girl With a Pearl Earring,” the famous painting by Johannes Vermeer that was on exhibit at a museum in The Hague on Thursday, the latest in a series of ...

Another priceless work of art, Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring," has served as a palette for European climate activists' admonishments. A video on Twitter showed one activist ...