Comparison between the Rijksmuseum Vermeer, “Woman in Blue, left, and the van Meegeren fake Vermeer, Woman Reading Music,” right. Coremans 1949, plate 44.

Comparison between the Rijksmuseum Vermeer, “Woman in Blue, left, and the van Meegeren fake Vermeer, Woman Reading Music,” right. Coremans 1949, plate 44.


Note: The ultramarine blue pigment in the van Meegeren version of the painting was slightly adulterated with cobalt blue during its manufacture, unlike the pigment in the Vermeer version.