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The forger's spell : a true story of Vermeer, nazis, and the greatest art hoax o
Dolnick, Edward
Adult Nonfiction ND1662.M43 D65 2008
Dolnick, Edward
Adult Nonfiction ND1662.M43 D65 2008
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| Contents | Page |
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| Preface | p. xiii |
| Part 1 - Occupied Holland | |
| 1 - A Knock on the Door | p. 3 |
| 2 - Looted Art | p. 6 |
| 3 - The Outbreak of War | p. 9 |
| 4 - Quasimodo | p. 14 |
| 5 - The End of Forgery? | p. 18 |
| 6 - Forgery 101 | p. 22 |
| 7 - Occupied Holland | p. 26 |
| 8 - The War Against the Jews | p. 30 |
| 9 - The Forger's Challenge | p. 33 |
| 10 - Bargaining with Vultures | p. 40 |
| 11 - Van Meegeren's Tears | p. 44 |
| Part 2 - Hermann Goering and Johannes VerMeer | |
| 12 - Hermann Goering | p. 51 |
| 13 - Adolf Hitler | p. 55 |
| 14 - Chasing Vermeer | p. 57 |
| 15 - Goering's Art Collection | p. 62 |
| 16 - Insights from a Forger | p. 66 |
| 17 - The Amiable Psychopath | p. 77 |
| 18 - Goering's Prize | p. 82 |
| 19 - Vermeer | p. 85 |
| 20 - Johannes Vermeer, Superstar | p. 88 |
| 21 - A Ghost's Fingerprints | p. 93 |
| Part 3 - The Selling of Christ at Emmaus | |
| 22 - Two Forged Vermeers | p. 105 |
| 23 - The Expert's Eye | p. 109 |
| 24 - A Forger's Lessons | p. 115 |
| 25 - Bredius | p. 121 |
| 26 - "Without Any Doubt!" | p. 127 |
| 27 - The Uncanny Valley | p. 132 |
| 28 - Betting the Farm | p. 137 |
| 29 - Lady and Gentleman at the Harpsichord | p. 139 |
| 30 - Dirk Hannema | p. 145 |
| 31 - The Choice | p. 150 |
| 32 - The Caravaggio Connection | p. 163 |
| 33 - In the Forger's Studio | p. 167 |
| 34 - Christ at Emmaus | p. 170 |
| 35 - Underground Tremors | p. 173 |
| 36 - The Summer of 1937 | p. 179 |
| 37 - The Lamb at the Bank | p. 186 |
| 38 - "Every Inch a Vermeer" | p. 192 |
| 39 - Two Weeks and Counting | p. 198 |
| 40 - Too Late! | p. 201 |
| 41 - The Last Hurdle | p. 203 |
| 42 - The Unveiling | p. 207 |
| Part 4 - Anatomy of a Hoax | |
| 43 - Scandal in the Archives | p. 213 |
| 44 - All in the Timing | p. 218 |
| 45 - Believing Is Seeing | p. 223 |
| 46 - The Men Who Knew Too Much | p. 227 |
| 47 - Blue Monday | p. 234 |
| 48 - He Who Hesitates | p. 239 |
| 49 - The Great Changeover | p. 243 |
| Part 5 - The Chase | |
| 50 - The Secret in the Salt Mine | p. 249 |
| 51 - The Dentist's Tale | p. 252 |
| 52 - Goering on the Run | p. 256 |
| 53 - The Nest Egg | p. 260 |
| 54 - Trapped! | p. 262 |
| 55 - "I Painted It Myself!" | p. 265 |
| 56 - Command Performance | p. 272 |
| 57 - The Evidence Piles Up | p. 276 |
| 58 - The Trial | p. 280 |
| 59 - The Players Make Their Exits | p. 288 |
| Epilogue | p. 291 |
| Notes | p. 295 |
| Bibliography | p. 325 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 331 |
| Index | p. 333 |
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