Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’ was chosen by the public as the most beautiful painting in the Netherlands. It is also called the Mona Lisa of the low countries. The artwork has an incredibly beautiful light and almost inscrutable build-up of paint layers. What technique did Vermeer use to achieve this? The course of light and sharpness is unprecedented for its time. And is the pearl a pearl? The team will try to unravel these secrets by re-creating the painting with all the technology of today and knowledge of the past. Masterpiece faces many challenges in the search for Vermeer's secret.