Wieseman told The Art Newspaper that “Girl with a Flute” was clearly influenced by another authentic Vermeer: “Girl with the Red Hat” (or another lost painting with a similar composition).

The entire Straw Hat crew needed to work together, and fans can get a look at the team’s earliest designs thanks to a new piece of concept art. Over on Twitter, fans got riled up with a piece of ...

The new research also determined that the Girl with the Red Hat, which has long been disputed to be a true Vermeer painting, was in fact made by the artist at a "turning point" in his career.

The work is thought to have been inspired by Van Gogh's famous self-portrait with a straw hat and pipe ... at Sotheby’s modern and contemporary art evening sale in London on 29 June.