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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3190360, member: 2844"]The Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, home of Vermeer's 'Girl with the Pearl Earring' and other important art goodies, is now the first Gigapixel Museum in the world.</p><p>That means the virtual tour is amazing, you can take a tour with a guide, and the detail is perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/virtueel-mauritshuis/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/virtueel-mauritshuis/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/virtueel-mauritshuis/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One slight problem for foreign viewers, even though the tour is in English, the names of famous Dutch and Flemish painters are pronounced the original Dutch/Flemish way, which is often very different from the English way.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>So you may not recognize the names, but the beautiful paintings are the same of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a free app with which you can zoom into the smallest details, to get better acquainted with painting techniques, brush strokes etc:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis-at-home/second-canvas/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis-at-home/second-canvas/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis-at-home/second-canvas/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3190360, member: 2844"]The Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, home of Vermeer's 'Girl with the Pearl Earring' and other important art goodies, is now the first Gigapixel Museum in the world. That means the virtual tour is amazing, you can take a tour with a guide, and the detail is perfect. [URL]https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/virtueel-mauritshuis/[/URL] One slight problem for foreign viewers, even though the tour is in English, the names of famous Dutch and Flemish painters are pronounced the original Dutch/Flemish way, which is often very different from the English way.:playful: So you may not recognize the names, but the beautiful paintings are the same of course. There is also a free app with which you can zoom into the smallest details, to get better acquainted with painting techniques, brush strokes etc: [URL]https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis-at-home/second-canvas/[/URL] Enjoy![/QUOTE]
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