Just put together the words “girl” and “pearl earring” and only one image can possibly come to mind, I can almost feel Vermeer’s iconic, mysterious and innocent yet seductive young lady staring at me just by thinking about her. But this sublime work of art is not the only reason to make the quick and easy one hour train trip from Amsterdam. The Mauritshuis’ scrumptious 17th century building is jammed to the rafters with more marvelous Golden Age works than you can shake a paintbrush at.