Can You Imagine Taking 9,100 Photographs Of The Same Painting?

the herculean task took 2 years to complete,

the painting in question was Johannes Vermeer’s most-recognized artwork, “Girl With a Pearl Earring.” 

last year, researchers released records from nearly two years of analysis of the painting,

thanks to Emilien Leonhardt and Vincent Sabatier, of Hirox Europe, we all can study the intricacies of Vermeer’s elusive work and peer directly into the paint cracks with an interactive 10-billion pixel panorama,

you can go to Hirox Europe’s site to explore the incredible intricacies of “Girl With a Pearl Earring” in both 2- and 3-D, 

and watch the video above for details into the technical aspects of capturing minuscule details, crikey 9,100 photographs of the same painting, now that is what I call dedication!