I was Vermeer : the legend of the forger who swindled the Nazis / Frank Wynne.

London : Bloomsbury, 2006.

x, 276 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-265) and index.

Wynne tells the story of Han van Meegeren, a second-rate painter who became the world's greatest art forger. His canvases would almost certainly be prized among the catalogue of Vermeers if he had not confessed. His handiwork is suspected in at least four Vermeers in major galleries.

9780747566809 (hbk)

709.2 MEE

B/MEE

English

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