Title: The man who made Vermeers
Description: 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.
Subjects: Painters, Art forgers, Biography, Forgeries, Art, forgeries, Meegeren, hans van, 1889-1947, Vermeer, johannes, 1632-1675, Netherlands, biography, Artists, biography, Artists, netherlands
Places: Netherlands
People: Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), Han van Meegeren (1889-1947)