Activist who taped head to ‘Girl with a pearl earring’ is released
At the beginning of this month, three Belgian climate activists were sentenced to two months in prison, one month of which was suspended. All three have appealed against the verdicts of the police judge in The Hague. It is not yet known when the court will hear their cases substantively.
On Thursday, October 27, Wouter Mouton stuck his head to Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece. David S. then threw a can of fake red soup over him, spoke and glued his left fist to the panel on which the painting is mounted. The suspect Pieter G. filmed the action.
The three were immediately arrested and have been detained ever since. The lawyers wanted their clients to be able to await the appeal in freedom and submitted requests to this effect to the court.