The Smiling Girl, thought to be by Johannes Vermeer, was donated by collector Andrew W. Mellon in 1937 to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Now widely considered to be a fake, the painting was claimed by the Vermeer expert Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. in a 1995 study to be by a 20th-century artist and forger, Theo van Wijngaarden, a friend of Han van Meegeren.[1]
| Smiling girl | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Unknown artist, maybe Theo van Wijngaarden |
| Year | c. 1925 |
| Type | Tronie |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 41 cm × 31.8 cm (16 in × 12.5 in) |
| Condition | Not on View |
| Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
References
edit- ^ Vrij Nederland, February 26, 1996, p. 35–69.
- Vermeer: Erroneous Attributions and Forgeries
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