This is getting philosophical, but even if this was incontrovertible proof that Vermeer used these techniques to produce his works, it wouldn't detract from my

This is getting philosophical, but even if this was incontrovertible proof that Vermeer used these techniques to produce his works, it wouldn't detract from my appreciation. It would reshape my appreciate a bit, but I think that discovering these methods (by both Jenison and potentially Vermeer) is remarkable in itself. All artists use tools to produce their work - Vermeer may have just been innovative to find some really unique ones in his time.