She's patron of the National Portrait Gallery and studied history of art at university, so it's no surprise that the Duchess of Cambridge knows her stuff when it comes to famous paintings.
Standing in front The Girl With The Pearl Earring at the Mauritshuis museum in the Hague this afternoon, Kate, 34, looked like a perfect match for the enigmatic figure in Vermeer's masterpiece.
And given her knowledge of art her choice of jewellery for today's visit - a pair of diamond and pearl earrings borrowed from the Queen - was clearly no coincidence.
The Duchess lingered in front of the Dutch masterpiece, made famous by the film of the same name starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson, to ensure that photographers had ample time to take their pictures of the girls in pearls.
She said: 'She didn't mention the earrings she was wearing, but she was interested in the painting. She asked if it had become a lot more popular since the film came out, and I said it definitely had.
'The Duchess seemed to particularly enjoy seeing The Goldfinch, by Carel Fabritius.
'But she asked a lot of questions about the presentation of the paintings, because although she is familiar with a lot of the Queen's paintings she has never seen them in this setting before, which gives them a different context.'
Kate was visiting the museum as part of a day of engagements in the Netherlands - her first solo foreign trip on official royal duties without William.
The mother-of-two looked elegant in a bespoke pale blue skirt suit by Catherine Walker and in a break from her usual style she wore her brunette locks swept back in a chic bun.
- Mail Online
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