65 x 53 cm, painted around 1935-36


It would seem that this picture was not included in those fakes confessed to by van Meegeren after his arrest and it was not included in the works scientifically tested by the Coremans Commission. It apparently pre-dates the Emmaus and its subject matter is typical of (in fact, stolen piece-by-piece from) traditional genuine Vermeers, rather than the later fake "Vermeers" with religious subjects. Man and Woman at a Spinet was sold to Dr. Fritz Mannheimer, an Amsterdam banker. I have been unable to discover the price paid.