Climate activists targeted Dutch master Johannes Vermeer’s famed “Girl with a Pearl Earring” at a museum in The Hague, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported on Thursday, but the artwork was apparently not damaged.
Dutch police said three arrests had been made at a museum, but provided no details.
Climate activists targeted Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's famed "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at a museum in The Hague, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported on Thursday, but the artwork was apparently not damaged.
Dutch police said three arrests had been made at a museum, but provided no details.
The artwork at the Mauritshuis in The Hague was not believed to be damaged, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
A second activist glued their hand to the wall next to the 1665 work by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, and an unidentified liquid was thrown, the Mauritshuis museum said.
An unverified video on social media showed two men near the painting, both wearing "Just Stop Oil" T-shirts. "The police were notified and three people have been arrested. The condition of the painting was inspected by our restorer. Fortunately, the glass-covered masterwork was not damaged," the museum said.
The protest came less than two weeks after "Just Stop Oil" activists threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery. That painting was also shielded by glass.
In videos from the Dutch museum posted online on Thursday, one of the men says: "How do you feel when you see something beautiful and priceless being apparently destroyed before your very eyes?"
"That is that same feeling when you see the planet being destroyed," he adds.
Dutch police said three arrests had been made at a museum, but provided no details.
The two men in the video were seen being escorted away by police in more footage.
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