Details

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Description

x, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-266) and index.

Summary

Presents the true story of Han van Meegeren, one of the world's greatest art forgers, who was charged with treason for selling a forged "Vermeer" painting to Nazi Commander Hermann Goring in 1945.

Contents

Prologue: Amsterdam, 7 July 1945 -- A Portrait of the Forger as a Young Artist -- The Lion Tamer -- The Alchemy of Painting -- The View of Delft -- A Shadow of Divine Perfection -- The Drinking Party -- A Careful Choice of Enemies -- The Renaissance Man -- The Forger's Art -- The Price of Ultramarine -- A Superior Picasso -- The Plastic Virtues -- The Hobo Who Was Christ -- A Question of Attribution -- A Most Stupid and Malignant Race -- Altercation with a Museum Guard -- Gross Habits/Net Income -- A Confederacy of Dunces -- Accidental Hero -- The Line of Least Reluctance -- Glory's Small Change -- A Dirigible Arbitrament -- Epilogue: London, 7 July 2004 -- The Dwindling Vermeers -- The Two Last Suppers -- The Appliance of Science -- Van Meegeren's Forgeries -- Where to Find Your Nearest Vermeer.

Subject

Meegeren, Han van, 1889-1947.

Painters -- Netherlands -- Biography.

Art forgers -- Netherlands -- Biography.

Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 -- Forgeries.

ISBN

1582345937 hardcover

Standard No.

9781582345932