The Lacemaker

Forgery
Theodorus van Wijngaarden (attributed)1925
The Lacemaker, a c. 1925 forgery in the manner of Johannes Vermeer — not to be confused with Vermeer's Lacemaker in the Louvre. Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

About this painting

A companion forgery to The Smiling Girl, hung as Vermeer at the Boijmans 1935 show and acquired by Andrew Mellon. Now National Gallery of Art accession 1937.1.54, catalogued as ‘Imitator of Johannes Vermeer’ and generally given to Theodorus van Wijngaarden. Not to be confused with Vermeer’s autograph Lacemaker in the Louvre.
Date
1925
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
23.8 × 18.4 cm
Owner
Logo courtesy of National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

Current location

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States