museums and institutions:
Attributed works:
1. Young woman reading a letter at an open window, by Johannes
Vermeer, showing the painting before the start of the current
conservation work. c.1657–59. Canvas, 83 by 64.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie
Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; H.-P. Klut).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.13, showing Cupid
Attributed works:
11. Above Young woman interrupted at music, by Johannes Vermeer.
c.1658–59. Canvas, 39.3 by 44.4 cm. (The Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
12. The music lesson, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1662–63. Canvas, 74 by 64.5 cm. (Royal Collection, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2019).
Attributed works:
13. Fig.1, photographed in March 2019 during removal of the overpainting
layer. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden; W. Kreische).
Attributed works:
14. A maid asleep, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1656–57. Canvas, 87.6 by 76.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
15. Portrait of a dead child with three putti, by Jacob van Loo. c.1650–
60. Canvas on panel, 96 by 91.5 cm. (Rijksgebouwendienst, Johan de
Witthuis, The Hague).
Attributed works:
2. Cross section in visible light of a sample from the overpainted
background of Fig.1: (0) ground layer; (1) imprimitura; (2) original reddish
paint layer; (3a and 3b) transparent binder layers; (4a and 4b) overpaint.
(Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden; C. Herm).
Attributed works:
3. Cross section under UV-fluorescence of a sample from the
overpainted background of Fig.1: (0) ground layer; (1) imprimitura; (2)
original reddish paint layer; (3a, 3b) transparent binder layers; (4a)
overpaint. (Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden; C. Herm).
Attributed works:
4. X-radiograph image of Fig.1. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister,
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Fine Arts Museum of San
Francisco; W. Kreische).
Attributed works:
5. Fig.1 as it appeared during removal of its varnish. (Gemäldegalerie
Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische).
Attributed works:
6. Macrophotograph detail of Fig.1, showing Cupid’s eye after removal
of the overpainting layer, with craquelure. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister,
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische and C. Schölzel).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.1, showing Cupid after the partial removal of the
overpainting layer. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche
Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische).
Attributed works:
8. Left Young woman standing at a virginal, by Johannes Vermeer.
c.1670–72. Canvas, 51.8 by 45.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.8, showing Cupid
