'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in Japan, Perhaps for the Last Time
The rare loan is part of a 12-painting show as the Mauritshuis closes for maintenance, and the work drew 600,000 viewers in 1984.
- On Friday, Johannes Vermeer's 17th-century masterpiece 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' opens at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, marking its first exhibition in Japan in 14 years.
- The Mauritshuis in The Hague loaned the masterpiece while closing for maintenance from August 24 through September 20, enabling director Martine Gosselink to call it a 'special opportunity to share her with the Japanese public.'
- Running through September 27, the Osaka exhibition features a dozen paintings from the Mauritshuis collection, including Vermeer's 'Diana and her Nymphs' and Rembrandt's 'The Laughing Man,' drawing on Japan's 1.2 million-fan turnout in 2012.
- Recent research shows viewers engage in a 'visual loop' focusing on the girl's eyes and mouth, creating deeper emotional attachment through 'sustained visual attention' than viewers experience with replicas.
- This rare trip abroad could be the Vermeer masterpiece's final visit to Japan, according to the Mauritshuis, and the painting returns to display at its home museum in The Hague starting early October.
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This week, Johannes Vermeer's 17th-century masterpiece "Girl with a Pearl Earring" will go on display in Osaka, making a rare trip abroad and possibly its last visit to Japan.
Standing face to face with Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ – it has been eagerly anticipated in Osaka. The rush for tickets was so great that the sales system crashed. “The Japanese see beauty in the tranquility of his work.”
Vermeer masterpiece prompts viewers to give sustained visual attention
The beloved painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" will be displayed in Japan for the first time in 14 years, starting on Friday. The masterpiece was created in the 17th century by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.
The painting leaves the Mauritshuis under renovation. It will be on display until September 27 (ANSA)
'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in Japan, perhaps for the last time
The work will be displayed from Friday at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka while its home museum, the Mauritshuis in The Hague, closes until September 20 for maintenance. "For the Mauritshuis, the Girl's journey is a special opportunity to share her with the Japanese public, perhaps for the very last time," said Mauritshuis' director Martine Gosselink. The museum generally does not loan the painting "because she is our most important and p…
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