Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero after World War II w
Van Meegeren painting Jesus Among the Doctors in 1945
Han van Meegeren designed this boathouse (the building in the centre, adjoining an old tower in the town wall) for his Rowing Club D.D.S. while studying architecture in Delft from 1907 to 1913.
The Deer (or "Hertje") is one of Han van Meegeren's best-known original drawings.
Han van Meegeren's mansion Primavera in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin where he painted his forgery The Supper at Emmaus in 1936, which sold for about US$300,000
The Last Vermeer is a 2019 American drama film directed by Dan Friedkin from a screenplay by John Orloff, Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby. It is based on the 2008 book The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan
Han van Meegeren
…February. In 2016 Van Meegeren was played by Jeroen Spitzenberger in the Dutch film A Real Vermeer. In 2019 he was played by Guy Pearce in the movie The Last Vermeer, which tells the story of the investigation into his sale of the painting "Jesus and the Adulteress" to Nazi officer Hermann Göring. The movie was based…
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