{"product_id":"9780547247847","title":"The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering in mockery of the Nazis. And it's a story that's been believed ever since. Too bad it isn't true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents from dozens of archives to write a revelatory new biography of the world’s most famous forger. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook—a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush. Lopez explores a network of illicit commerce that operated across Europe: Not only was Van Meegeren a key player in that high-stakes game in the 1920s and '30s, landing fakes with famous collectors such as Andrew Mellon, but he and his associates later cashed in on the Nazi occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Made Vermeers\u003c\/i\u003e is a long-overdue unvarnishing of Van Meegeren’s legend and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026377294064,"sku":"9780547247847","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547247847_p0.jpg?v=1763715565","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547247847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}