New book unravels the mystery of an artist forgery and its connection to Sarasota

You may be familiar with the painting, “The Girl with the Pearl Earring”, by Johannes Vermeer.

But have you heard of an illustrious Vermeer forgery once owned by John Ringling?

WUSF’s Cathy Carter spoke with Linda McKee, a former head librarian at the Ringling Museum of Art and Deborah Walk, a retired curator at the Sarasota museum, about the mystery…

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