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Han van Meegeren, The Supper at Emmaus [a Vermeer fake], 1937

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Han van Meegeren, The Supper at Emmaus [a Vermeer fake], 1937
Exhibition details
Curation

Dr. Doron J. Lurie

Date
30/9/16​-​22/4/17
Location
Sam and Ayala Zacks Pavillion
Paulson Family Foundation Building

Forgery is a fascinating phenomenon that has always intrigued people. This exhibition examines forgeries in the fields of art, fashion, history, literature, religion and archaeology. It features fakes by notorious Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren (1889–1947), who made paintings in the style of Vermeer and passed them as originals. Three Dutch museums loaned van Meegeren's major forgeries to the exhibition.

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