Fig. 6From: Fading into the background: the dark space surrounding Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl EarringDetail of upper part of the Girl: a Infrared image (900–1100 nm): René Gerritsen Art & Research Photography. b Photoshop overlay of polarised light photograph (100% opacity) and MA–XRF map for copper (Cu–K) (50% opacity), showing a ‘gap’ around the edge of the figureBack to article page