Bibliograph

The man who made Vermeers, unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren, Jonathan Lopez

Type

Label

The man who made Vermeers, unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren, Jonathan Lopez

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The man who made Vermeers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

192048130

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Lopez

Sub title

unvarnishing the legend of master forger Han van Meegeren

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

Table Of 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

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