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A damaged painting at PMA may be an original Vermeer. See it for yourself this weekend.

Arie Wallert, a Dutch scholar, ran scientific tests on Philadelphia Museum of Art's Lady With A Guitar. Long thought to be a fake, the painting in fact may be authentic.

"Lady with a Guitar" on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. New research argues that it is an original painting by Johannes Vermeer, not a copy, as experts previously agreed.
"Lady with a Guitar" on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. New research argues that it is an original painting by Johannes Vermeer, not a copy, as experts previously agreed.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer