Is an unknown Vermeer painting hidden in storage in an American museum? In 2023, a Dutch scholar argued that a painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was actually by Johannes Vermeer. The painting was previously thought to be a copy of a Vermeer painting, The Guitar Player, which is at London's Kenwood House. In this video I review the arguments pro and con. See below for more information about the controversy. And, my apologies for the confusing labels at 2:41. Once a TH-cam is published, you can't change it without taking it down and staring over.
See @johnimmerwahr1194 for my other videos about art. The list of my TH-cam videos is also here:
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Guitar intro music: Henry Purcell, Rondeau, performed by Daniel Corr, (www.danielcorr.com/)
News Sources:
de Volkskrant (Netherlands):
www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/is-de-als-kopie-aangemerkte-gitaarspeelster-uit-philadelphia-dan-toch-een-echte-vermeer~b5534182/
The Art Newspaper (UK):www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/04/does-the-philadelphia-museum-of-art-hold-an-unknown-vermeer
ARTnews:
www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vermeer-copy-philadelphia-museum-of-art-attribution-1234663109/
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
www.inquirer.com/news/vermeer-original-lady-with-guitar-philadelphia-museum-of-art-20230405.html#loadedtrain
Other information
A link to A Lady With A Guitar, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
philamuseum.org/collection/object/102282
More about Kenwood House, home of Vermeer’s, The Guitar Player
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/kenwood/
EssentialVermeer.com is an excellent resource on all of Vermeer’s paintings and has a useful section on the Guitar Player.
www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/guitar_player.html