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Genki Hikari

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5. Good.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2022, 11:40 AM

Oct 2022

I remember seeing something about this controversy in an art history class I took, and I came down on the side of it not being Vermeer. The proportions are off, especially her face and hands.

Vermeer had a more delicate touch with those things.

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