Senlis auctions sells on 24 May 2015 a "portrait of a young woman" "After Vermeer", estimated at 500 to 800 Euro. Strange, because I'm not aware of and can't find any Vermeer painting resembling this one. It is a typical Dutch, circa 1650 portrait, but that doesn't make it "after Vermeer" or "After Rembrandt" of course.
It is much closer to (but not by) Ferdinand Bol, something like his portrait of Maria Rey from the
Rijksmuseum. Similar dress style, composition, even the much too heavy eyelids are similar. Of course, there were quite a few Dutch painters busy doing this kind of thing at that time, so it's not possible for me to put an artist on it. But not Vermeer, and not after Vermeer either. Seems like a cheap method to get more traffic to your auction. Still, the painting should easily sell at that estimate.
UPDATE: not sold, again for sale (same auction house, description and estimate) on
15 November 2015.
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