Van Meegeren's Faked Vermeers

Duration: 0:28:00

Year Published: 1952

Creator: Films of the Nations Distributors | Sofedi Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Portrays the intensive investigations and scientific tests during the late 1930s and early 1940s which exposed some religious paintings attributed to Vermeer, a 17th century Dutch artist, as forgeries. Han van Meegeren perpetrated the fraud because of his dissatisfaction with the public's acceptance of his own work. Reveals that van Meegeren was sentenced to a year in prison but died just before serving it. Based on a book by Paul Coremans.

Complete Record: , Portrays the intensive investigations and scientific tests during the late 1930s and early 1940s which exposed some religious paintings attributed to Vermeer, a 17th century Dutch artist, as forgeries. Han van Meegeren perpetrated the fraud because of his dissatisfaction with the public's acceptance of his own work. Reveals that van Meegeren was sentenced to a year in prison but died just before serving it. Based on a book by Paul Coremans.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.