It took Van Meegeren six years to work out his techniques, but ultimately he was pleased with his work on both artistic and deceptive levels. Two of these trial paintings were painted as if by Vermeer: "Lady Reading Music", after the genuine paintings "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter" at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; and "Lady Playing Music", after Vermeer's "Woman With a Lute Near a Window" hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Van Meegeren did not sell these paintings; both are now at the Rijksmuseum.