The forger's spell : a true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century / Edward Dolnick.

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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Autor Principal: Dolnick, Edward, 1952-
Formato: Libro
Idioma:English
Publicado: New York : Harper, c2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Series:Internet Archive Lending Library
Subjects:
Meegeren, Han van, > 1889-1947.
Vermeer, Johannes, > 1632-1675 > Forgeries.
Art treasures in war > Netherlands > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Art and the war.
Acquisition Notes:Gertrud A. White Memorial Fund
Table of 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.

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