Forgeries and copies

Paintings once hung or sold as Vermeers and now firmly given to other hands, including the twentieth-century forgers Han van Meegeren and Theodorus van Wijngaarden, alongside honest copies after Vermeer.

A Lady Playing the Guitar, copy after Vermeer, John G. Johnson Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Unknown

A Lady Playing the Guitar

1670–1720

Copy
A Young Woman Reading, a 20th-century forgery in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Unknown imitator (formerly attributed to Han van Meegeren)

A Young Woman Reading

1925–1928

Forgery
Christ and the Adulteress, a 1942 forgery by Han van Meegeren in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Han van Meegeren

Christ and the Adulteress

1942

Forgery
Christ at Emmaus, a 1937 forgery by Han van Meegeren in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Han van Meegeren

Christ at Emmaus

1936–1937

Forgery
No image

Han van Meegeren

Interior with Cardplayers

1938–1939

Forgery
No image

Han van Meegeren

Interior with Drinkers

1937–1938

Forgery
Jesus among the Doctors, a 1945 forgery painted by Han van Meegeren under court supervision

Han van Meegeren

Jesus among the Doctors

1945

Forgery
Lady Playing Music, a 1935-36 trial-piece forgery by Han van Meegeren after Vermeer's Woman with a Lute

Han van Meegeren

Lady Playing Music

1935–1936

Forgery
Lady Reading Music, a 1935-36 trial-piece forgery by Han van Meegeren after Vermeer's Woman in Blue Reading a Letter

Han van Meegeren

Lady Reading Music

1935–1936

Forgery
Lady with a Blue Hat, a c. 1930 painting in the style of Johannes Vermeer, attributed to Han van Meegeren

Han van Meegeren (attributed)

Lady with a Blue Hat

1930

Forgery
Man and Woman at a Spinet, a 1932 forgery by Han van Meegeren in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Han van Meegeren

Man and Woman at a Spinet

1932

Forgery
The Blessing of Jacob, a 1941-42 forgery by Han van Meegeren in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Han van Meegeren

The Blessing of Jacob

1941–1942

Forgery
The Head of Christ, a 1940-41 forgery by Han van Meegeren in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Han van Meegeren

The Head of Christ

1940–1941

Forgery
The Lacemaker, a 1955 copy after Vermeer by Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

The Lacemaker (after Vermeer)

1955

Copy
The Lacemaker, a c. 1925 forgery in the manner of Johannes Vermeer — not to be confused with Vermeer's Lacemaker in the Louvre

Theodorus van Wijngaarden (attributed)

The Lacemaker

1925

Forgery
The Last Supper I, a 1938-39 forgery by Han van Meegeren in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Han van Meegeren

The Last Supper I

1938–1939

Forgery
The Last Supper II, a 1940-42 forgery by Han van Meegeren in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Han van Meegeren

The Last Supper II

1940–1942

Forgery
The Procuress, a 20th-century forgery in the manner of Dirck van Baburen, attributed to Han van Meegeren

Han van Meegeren

The Procuress

1935–1940

Forgery
The Smiling Girl, a c. 1925 forgery in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Theodorus van Wijngaarden (attributed)

The Smiling Girl

1925

Forgery
The Washing of the Feet, a 1941-43 forgery by Han van Meegeren in the manner of Johannes Vermeer

Han van Meegeren

The Washing of the Feet

1941–1943

Forgery
Woman Reading a Letter in an Interior, an 1890 painting by Claus Meyer freely after Johannes Vermeer

Claus Meyer, after Johannes Vermeer

Woman Reading a Letter in an Interior

1890

Copy