Complex sentence: However, Vermeer's work typically portrayed a woman working alone instead of a family scene as in "A Woman Peeling Apples", and most scholars now believe that de Hooch was instead influenced by Vermeer instead of Vermeer by de Hooch.
Split into simpler sentences: However, Vermeer's work typically portrayed a woman working alone instead of a family scene as in "A Woman Peeling Apples". Most scholars also now believe that de Hooch was instead influenced by Vermeer instead of Vermeer by de Hooch.