Thousands around the world pay tribute to 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'

An artwork featured at the 'My Girl With A Pearl' open call by the Mauritshuis Art Museum in The Hague. Photo: Handout

While its famous Girl With A Pearl Earring by 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer is away in Amsterdam, the Mauritshuis Art Museum in The Hague is showing a collection of works by contemporary artists of their own version of the painting.

Some 170 modern versions are taking their turn at precisely where the original usually hangs, the museum said recently, showing a selection on its website.