Vermeer’s veneer
The National Gallery believes it has somehow proven scientifically a negative.
New research purports to establish that a previously-attributed canvas must not belong to Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, the National Gallery of Art announces. The headline trumpets the suggestion of “the existence of a studio of Vermeer,” while the body states as a matter of fact that “Girl with a Flute” (c. 1669/1675) “is not, in fact, by Johannes Ver…