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The Van Meegeren Mystery: A Biographical Study
Author(s): Moiseiwitsch, Maurice
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Arthur Barker |
| Publication Year: | 1964 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 028960 |
| Catalogue(s): | Art ◇ War, Military History and Weapons |
First edition. 204pp, plus black and white plate illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded at spine ends, slight sheflwear, sunned on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
This is the story of Dutchman Han Van Meegeren (1889-1947), an art dealer who sold fake paintings to Nazi leaders during the second world war: he considered himself a national hero rather than a Nazi collaborator, with one of his fakes taking in Hermann Goring himself.
Keywords:
Art
Fakes
Forgeries
Vermeer
Nazi Germany
Second World War
Hermanj Goring
