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DID VERMEER USE A SPECIAL OPTICAL SYSTEM TO PAINT THE MUSIC LESSON (INSET)? TIM JENISON
BELIEVES SO, AND USED SUCH A DEVICE TO REPLICATE THE FAMOUS WORK, SHOWN HERE.
"It WAS THE FIRST TIME
I EVER OIL-PAINTED, AND IT CAME OUT
LOOKING LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH."