Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring," which has never been viewed in the Southeast, is part of the Dutch masterworks exhibit that will open in Atlanta's High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street NE. The exhibit can be seen June 22-Sept. 29, 2013.
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" has not been in the United States since 1995.
"Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis" which highlights are from the "Dutch Golden Age" painters, includes works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals and Jan Steen. More than 35 paintings are in this exhibit.
"For a selection of works from this renowned collection to be shown in the Southeast is a rare and extraordinary opportunity," said Michael E. Shapiro in a statement. He is the Nancy and Holcombe T. Green Jr. director of the High. "Paintings of this caliber are underrepresented in this part of the country and the exhibition will create an opportunity four our community to study and admire these works of art that rarely travel outside of Europe."
The exhibit is currently on view at the de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. After it closes on June 2, 2013, it will come to Atlanta. A smaller version of the show will be seen at the Frick Collection in New York City in Oct. 22, 2013-Jan. 12, 2014.
The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis is inside a 17th century palace in The Hague. It is known for its collection of Dutch and Flemish art from the 15th century through the 17 century. The majority of the collection was acquired by Stadholder William V. Prince of Orange-Nassau (1748-1806), whose son, King William I (1772-1843) gave them to the Dutch nation in 1816. Beginning with almost 300 paintings in 1822, the collection has grown to more than 800 paintings today.
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