Johannes VermeersGirl with a Pearl Earringhas fascinated art lovers for centuries.
They scannedGirl with a Pearl Earringusing specialized equipment that captured it in ultra-high definition.
you could now see every crack and blob of paint down to the level of 4.4-microns per pixel.
The full scan of the painting was made with the Hirox 3D Digital Microscope RH-2000 at the Mauritshuis.
Overnight, 9,100 photos were captured and stitched together to create one huge, 10-billion-pixel panorama image.
The scan is so detailed, that it also allows historians to identify the pigments Vermeer used.
This blue pigment was more valuable than gold in the 17th century.
you’re able to see the entireGirl with a Pearl Earringpainting panorama and the detailed 3D imageshere.
This is the 10-billion-pixel panorama image they captured.
