The forger's spell : a true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century
(2008)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
759.9492/DOLNICK,E
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PUBLISHED
New York : HarperCollins, [2008]
©2008
©2008
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780060825416 (hardcover), 0060825413 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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