The Hague’s Mauritshuis museum may have loaned out its greatest treasure, Girl With a Pearl Earring (c. 1665), to a once-in-a-lifetime Johannes Vermeer exhibition up the coast, but that doesn’t mean the room that usually holds the masterpiece is empty. Currently on view in that gallery, in fact, are five interpretations of Vermeer’s instructable portrait, all created by art fans.
Well, sort of. One of the imitation Vermeers was actually generated by AI—and its inclusion in the state museum has caused quite a stir.
The piece, called A Girl With Glowing Earringswas submitted by German AI artist Julian van

