The forger's spell : a true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century /
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Harper,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Internet Archive Lending Library
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| Acquisition Notes: | Gertrud A. White Memorial Fund |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The forger's spell : |b a true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century / |c Edward Dolnick. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Harper, |c c2008. | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-330) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Vermeer, Johannes, |d 1632-1675 |x Forgeries. |
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