Vermeer's Secrets

Past

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Dates: 8 Oct 2022 – 8 Jan 2023
Museum: National Gallery of Art

A technical-research exhibition curated by Marjorie ("Betsy") Wieseman, showing all four NGA Vermeers alongside two twentieth-century forgeries. The show announced the demotion of Girl with a Flute to "associate of Vermeer" — just as the Rijksmuseum was preparing to upgrade it for its 2023 retrospective.

Paintings4

A Lady Writing

1662–1667

Woman Holding a Balance

1662–1665

Girl with a Red Hat

1665–1667

Associate of Johannes Vermeer (NGA, 2022)

Girl with a Flute

1665–1670

Disputed

Sources

National Gallery of Art press release on the reattribution of Girl with a Flute (2022)