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Overview
- Summary
- As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter, Han van Meegeren, who dared to impersonate Vermeer centuries later. The con man's mark was Hermann Goering, one of the most reviled leaders of Nazi Germany and a fanatic collector of art.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Harper, [2008]
©2008 - Locale
- Netherlands
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
-
OCCUPIED HOLLAND. A knock on the door
Looted art
The outbreak of war
Quasimodo
The end of forgery?
Forgery 101
The war against the Jews
The forger's challenge
Bargaining with vultures
Van Meegeren's tears
HERMANN GOERING AND JOHANNES VERMEER. Adolf Hitler
Chasing Vermeer
Goering's art collection
Insights from a forger
The amiable psychopath
Goering's prize
Vermeer, superstar
A ghost's fingerprints
THE SELLING OF CHRIST AT EMMAUS. Two forged Vermeers
The expert's eye
A forger's lesson
Bredius
"Without any doubt!"
The uncanny valley
Betting the farm
Lady and Gentleman at the Harpsichord
Dick Hannema
The choice
The Caravaggio connection
In the forger's studio
Underground tremors
The summer of 1937
The lamb at the bank
"Every inch a Vermeer"
Two weeks and counting
Too late!
The last hurdle
The unveiling
ANATOMY OF A HOAX. Scandal in the archives
All in the timing
Believing is seeing
The men who knew too much
Blue Monday
He who hesitates
The great changeover
THE CHASE. The secret in the salt mine
The dentist's tale
Goering on the run
The nest egg
Trapped!
"I painted it myself!"
Command performance
The evidence piles up
The trial
The players make their exits. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index.
OCCUPIED HOLLAND. A knock on the door -- Looted art -- The outbreak of war -- Quasimodo -- The end of forgery? -- Forgery 101 -- The war against the Jews -- The forger's challenge -- Bargaining with vultures -- Van Meegeren's tears -- HERMANN GOERING AND JOHANNES VERMEER. Adolf Hitler -- Chasing Vermeer -- Goering's art collection -- Insights from a forger -- The amiable psychopath -- Goering's prize -- Vermeer, superstar -- A ghost's fingerprints -- THE SELLING OF CHRIST AT EMMAUS. Two forged Vermeers -- The expert's eye -- A forger's lesson -- Bredius -- "Without any doubt!" -- The uncanny valley -- Betting the farm -- Lady and Gentleman at the Harpsichord -- Dick Hannema -- The choice -- The Caravaggio connection -- In the forger's studio -- Underground tremors -- The summer of 1937 -- The lamb at the bank -- "Every inch a Vermeer" -- Two weeks and counting -- Too late! -- The last hurdle -- The unveiling -- ANATOMY OF A HOAX. Scandal in the archives -- All in the timing -- Believing is seeing -- The men who knew too much -- Blue Monday -- He who hesitates -- The great changeover -- THE CHASE. The secret in the salt mine -- The dentist's tale -- Goering on the run -- The nest egg -- Trapped! -- "I painted it myself!" -- Command performance -- The evidence piles up -- The trial -- The players make their exits.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060825416
0060825413 - Physical Description
- xii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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