Close analysis of the painting Girl with a Flute, long attributed to the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, has revealed subtle deviations from the artist's signature techniques. These variations suggest that the work may be that of a student under Vermeer’s tutelage— potentially ____our understanding of Vermeer as a solitary artist.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or
phrase?
A. negating
B. sentrenching
C. substantiating
D. prefguring
