The forger's spell a true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century
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 -- C...
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New York
Harper
2008
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed |
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Meegeren, Han van / 1889-1947
> Vermeer, Johannes / 1632-1675 / Forgeries
> Meegeren, Han van <1889-1947>
> Vermeer, Johannes <1632-1675>
> Forgeries
> Göring, Hermann
> Meegeren, Han van
> Vermeer van Delft, Jan
> Geschichte 1900-2000
> Art treasures in war / Netherlands / History / 20th century
> World War, 1939-1945 / Art and the war
> Schilderijen
> Vervalsing
> Geschichte
> Malerei
> Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
> Art treasures in war
> History
> World War, 1939-1945
> Kunstfälschung
> Niederlande
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-330) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 349 S. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780060825416 978-0-06-082541-6 0060825413 9780060825423 978-0-06-082542-3 |