The Procuress
ForgeryHan van Meegeren1935–1940

About this painting
A forged version of Dirck van Baburen's Procuress — the picture-within-a-picture that hangs on the rear wall of Vermeer's The Concert and Lady Seated at a Virginal. Presented in 1960 and held by the Courtauld Institute since, the work was confirmed in 2011 to be a 20th-century fake by bakelite analysis and is generally attributed to Han van Meegeren. Featured on the BBC's Fake or Fortune?.
- Date
- 1935–1940
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 99 × 107 cm
- Owner
Courtauld Gallery
Current location
Courtauld Gallery, London, United Kingdom