Our first stop in Den Haag was the Mauritshuis, an elegant 17th-century Dutch Classical mansion which sits on the Hofvijver (lake) and directly next to the parliament buildings, and which has housed the Royal Picture Gallery since 1821. The Mauritshuis is home to Jan Vermeer’s 1660 painting, “Girl with the Pearl Earring”. According to the gallery commentary, it is not a portrait of a single model, but, rather, it is a composite of several women that Vermeer had known.
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