Kortelling loved paintings from the dutch golden age and likely had a hand in van meegerens love of golden age paintings as well. How a middling dutch painter passed his own works off as vermeers and became the man who swindled goering. Edward dolnick is author of down the great unknown, madness on the couch, the rescue artist, the forgers spell, the clockwork universe and his latest work americas fevered quest for. A true story of vermeer, nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century, author edward dolnick reveals how van meegeren did it. As riveting as a world war ii thriller, the forgers spell is the true story of johannes vermeer and the smalltime dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. How mediocre dutch artist cast the forgers spell a new book tells how han van meegeren committed the greatest art hoax of the 20th century. Adobe acrobat ebook reader may 2008 isbn 9780061671487.
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