When Girl with a Pearl Earring appeared as lot 38 at an Amsterdam auction in 1696, it didn’t have a formal name. It was described in the catalog as a tronie, a Dutch character study with exaggerated ...

Here’s a pearl of wisdom. After 360 years, an art historian has allegedly solved one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the identity of the subject in the “Girl With a Pearl Earring” painting.

For 360 years, her pensive stare has captivated all who have fixed their eyes on hers. But as for who the muse in Johannes Vermeer's 1665 work Girl with a Pearl Earring actually was, that has been an ...

Police have appealed for information after a bilingual street sign in east Belfast was damaged on Saturday night. The white sign to Shandon Park was cut with an angle grinder with the Irish language ...