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The forger who fooled the world
The Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | August 6, 2006 | by Frank Wynne

Posted on 08/06/2006 9:05:22 AM PDT by aculeus

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Han van Meegeren's The last supper (1940-1941)

1 posted on 08/06/2006 9:05:23 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: dighton
The Reichsmarschall was told that his beloved Vermeer was a forgery while awaiting execution in Nuremberg. According to a contemporary account: "[Göring] looked as if for the first time he had discovered there was evil in the world."
2 posted on 08/06/2006 9:05:58 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: aculeus

Yeah, that sentence warmed my heart, too...


3 posted on 08/06/2006 9:11:18 AM PDT by null and void (Bipartisanship: when the Stupid Party & the Evil Party agree on something that is both stupid & evil)
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To: aculeus

If I find out that van Meegeren forged this masterpiece, I'm gonna be really upset.

4 posted on 08/06/2006 9:11:40 AM PDT by martin_fierro (What's a "Proportionate Response" to Asymmetrical Warfare?)
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To: aculeus; Republicanprofessor; hellinahandcart; Senator Bedfellow; AnAmericanMother; Billthedrill; ..

A good read, and the Göring item is priceless.


5 posted on 08/06/2006 9:12:40 AM PDT by dighton
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To: martin_fierro
The forger who fooled the world

Say it ain't so!

6 posted on 08/06/2006 9:16:06 AM PDT by mikrofon (The Joy of Forging)
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To: aculeus

Who is to the left of Christ?


7 posted on 08/06/2006 9:17:27 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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To: mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
I once knew an artist who forged Ross' technique.

She trowled on the colors and dabbed in trees in improbable locations.

The thing was, she was icing a cake.

It sure was a tasty cake, tho.

8 posted on 08/06/2006 9:22:25 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Happy Accidents)
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To: bert
Who is to the left of Christ?

Judas, methinks.

9 posted on 08/06/2006 9:25:48 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: dighton
I like purty pitchers. Don't care who signed them. In fact, the only one who ought to care is the feller who paid for them on that basis. Caveat emptor.

Anyway, I happen to own a genuine Vermeer myself. It was from his black velvet period...

10 posted on 08/06/2006 9:31:39 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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The Reichsmarschall was told that his beloved Vermeer was a forgery while awaiting execution in Nuremberg. According to a contemporary account: "[Göring] looked as if for the first time he had discovered there was evil in the world."

Heh heh heh ping

11 posted on 08/06/2006 9:32:32 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (On issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe.)
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To: Billthedrill

He painted Elvis too? Very cool!


12 posted on 08/06/2006 9:33:03 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (On issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe.)
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To: aculeus

Hey, isn't that Mary to Jesus's left?


13 posted on 08/06/2006 9:43:18 AM PDT by true_blue_texican
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To: aculeus

Great story! Thanks!


14 posted on 08/06/2006 9:44:18 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (You're never more than a half-step away from a good note.)
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To: aculeus
He loathed modern art - he thought it childish and decadent...

A man after my own heart.

15 posted on 08/06/2006 9:44:34 AM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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16 posted on 08/06/2006 9:44:45 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
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To: mikrofon

"Happy trees; happy trees!"


17 posted on 08/06/2006 9:45:29 AM PDT by NewRomeTacitus
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To: aculeus

He has skills


18 posted on 08/06/2006 9:47:21 AM PDT by dennisw (Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok)
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To: aculeus

Is that Shelly Duvall ?


19 posted on 08/06/2006 9:50:44 AM PDT by csvset ("It was like the hand of G_d slapping down and smashing everything." ~ JDAM strikes Taliban)
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To: martin_fierro

Mohammed's last supper?


20 posted on 08/06/2006 9:50:59 AM PDT by dangus
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