Gregor Weber's biography "Johannes Vermeer: Faith, Light and Reflection" also supports the controversial view that Vermeer used a camera obscura

Fans encouraged to send versions of the famous 17th-century painting for 'My Girl with a Pearl' initiative at The Mauritshuis

New additions to Old Master's canon go against a recent analysis conducted by Washington D.C's National Gallery of Art

The full list of paintings to be shown in the ambitious retrospective next year was announced at a press briefing in New York

Dutch police have arrested three people at the Mauritshuis in The Hague

At least 28 paintings, out of around 35 known works by the artist, will go to Amsterdam next year

The downgrading follows a study of the six paintings in the museum's collection thought to be by the Dutch master, which are now the subject of an exhibition detailing the findings

Analysis of The Milkmaid ahead of a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum suggests he worked much faster than previously assumed

The National Gallery of Art has carried out scientific tests on the works, finding fascinating discoveries beneath the paint

The Amsterdam museum will rival the Mauritshuis's 1996 exhibition by bringing together more than 23 of the Dutch master's rare paintings

German health minister warns that by the end of the winter, everyone will be “vaccinated, recovered or dead”

The story of enigmatic artist Jacobus Vrel will be told in an exhibition scheduled for 2023 and in a book published this month

Plus, its enduring market appeal and new secrets revealed in a restored Vermeer

Major restoration on Girl reading a Letter at an Open Window shows a large studded goblet later covered by a green curtain

Dresden exhibition will include Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window along with key international loans and works by other Dutch Golden Age artists

Drastically altered composition of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window can now be seen in all its glory ahead of major exhibition

Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures post, held by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, will be ‘lost and held in abeyance’

The show promises to be “one of the most spectacular” in the newly renovated museum's history

Participants worldwide re-created famous works by Vermeer, Munch and Klimt—using everyday household items

A Young Woman with a Wine Glass and a Musician playing a Tenor Recorder could be a copy of a work by the great Dutch painter

Extensive scientific testing of the Frick’s Mistress and Maid proves that it was not finished by someone else

Mauritshuis museum's detailed technical examination uncovers new findings on the Dutch artist's brushwork, pigments and technique

A V&A employee creates a to-scale exhibition of masterpieces for his gerbils while in lockdown

The world’s greatest unsolved art theft continues to obsess—and stump—investigators

The story behind the revealing of Cupid in one of Vermeer's greatest masterpieces, and Helen Cammock on her Whitechapel show and nomination for this year's Turner Prize

The uncovered figure changes the composition of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

Laboratory tests revealed "sensational" discovery that the figure in Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window was overpainted decades after the artist’s death

The 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt this year has prompted a glut of exhibitions devoted to the Dutch artist and his peers

Munich museum has undergone a four-year €12m renovation

A team of international specialists are studying Girl with a Pearl Earring for two weeks straight