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The man who made Vermeers : unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren
- Title
- The man who made Vermeers : unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren / Jonathan Lopez.
- Author
- Lopez, Jonathan.
- Publication
- Orlando : Harcourt, c2008.
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- Description
- 340 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Jonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents from dozens of archives to write a revelatory new biography of the world's most famous forger. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook who plied the forger's trade far longer than he ever admitted--a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush. Lopez also explores a network of illicit commerce that operated across Europe.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. A liar's biography -- The collaborator -- Beautiful nonsense -- The sphinx of Delft -- Smoke and mirrors -- A happy hunting ground -- The master forger and the Fascist dream -- Sieg Heil! -- Goering gets a Vermeer -- The endgame-- Swept under the rug -- Epilogue. Framing the fake.
- Call Number
- JQE 08-1155
- ISBN
- 9780151013418
- 0151013411
- LCCN
- 2008005727
- OCLC
- 192048130
- Author
- Lopez, Jonathan.
- Title
- The man who made Vermeers : unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren / Jonathan Lopez.
- Imprint
- Orlando : Harcourt, c2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQE 08-1155