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Is one of these nearly identical Vermeer paintings a forgery?

Ellsworth Toohey
Sep 03, 2025
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By Johannes Vermeer - National Gallery, London - online catalogue., Public Domain, Link

Johannes Vermeer painted "The Guitar Player" in 1672, a year so calamitous for the Dutch that they dubbed it the "Disaster Year." War and economic turmoil had nearly obliterated the art market. Yet this masterpiece, which remained in Vermeer's family long after his de…

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