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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)
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:05:23 AM PDT
by
aculeus
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."
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:05:58 AM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
Yeah, that sentence warmed my heart, too...
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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)
To: aculeus

If I find out that van Meegeren forged this masterpiece, I'm gonna be really upset.
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:11:40 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(What's a "Proportionate Response" to Asymmetrical Warfare?)
To: aculeus; Republicanprofessor; hellinahandcart; Senator Bedfellow; AnAmericanMother; Billthedrill; ..
A good read, and the Göring item is priceless.
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:12:40 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: martin_fierro
The forger who fooled the world
Say it ain't so!
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:16:06 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(The Joy of Forging)
To: aculeus
Who is to the left of Christ?
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:17:27 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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.
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:22:25 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Happy Accidents)
To: bert
Who is to the left of Christ? Judas, methinks.
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:25:48 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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...
To: Peanut Gallery; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; vox_PL; alfa6
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
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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.)
To: Billthedrill
He painted Elvis too? Very cool!
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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.)
To: aculeus
Hey, isn't that Mary to Jesus's left?
To: aculeus
To: aculeus
He loathed modern art - he thought it childish and decadent... A man after my own heart.
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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.)
To: aculeus
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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.')
To: mikrofon
"Happy trees; happy trees!"
To: aculeus
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:47:21 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok)
To: aculeus
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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)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/06/2006 9:50:59 AM PDT
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dangus
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