Girl with a Pearl Earring travels to Japan
The Mauritshuis is to loan Johannes Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring to the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, Japan. The painting will be on temporary loan while the Mauritshuis is closed for alterations in August and September 2026.
The Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka will display Girl with a Pearl Earring during the alterations in the Mauritshuis. The presentation will be organised by the Asahi Shimbun, one of the largest media organisations in Japan, with which the Mauritshuis has collaborated for several years. The Asahi Shimbun has decided to support the Mauritshuis as a project partner over the next four years.
Martine Gosselink, general director of the Mauritshuis: ‘The Asahi Shimbun has been a highly valued partner of our museum since the major revamping of the Mauritshuis between 2012 and 2014. The Asahi Shimbun organises several exhibitions each year with museums around the world. We are highly honoured to be able to work with the media organisation on the presentation in Osaka in 2026. Every year, we welcome thousands of Japanese tourists who love Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring. For the Mauritshuis, the Girl’s trip to Japan is a unique opportunity for us to share her with the Japanese public, perhaps for the very last time.’
The exhibition runs August 21 to September 27, 2026, at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka