The Forger's Spell - Edward Dolnick
The Forger’s Spell
A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
Edward Dolnick
For Lynn
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.
—Anatole France
We have here a—I am inclined to say the—masterpiece of Johannes Vermeer.
—Abraham Bredius
Contents
Epigraph
Preface
Part One
Occupied Holland
1 A Knock on the Door
2 Looted Art
3 The Outbreak of War
4 Quasimodo
5 The End of Forgery?
6 Forgery 101 ...