The Procuress

Forgery
Han van Meegeren1935–1940
The Procuress, a 20th-century forgery in the manner of Dirck van Baburen, attributed to Han van Meegeren. Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

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

Current location

Courtauld Gallery, London, United Kingdom