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But how to publish the picture? In van Meegerena always been imaginative. His friend, the Dutch jurist, KA Boonen, he told a romantic story about how he, Van Meegeren, found the "Christ at Emmaus" in Italy, smuggled, bypassing customs laws now moved on some sailboat almost risking his life in Monte Carlo. Boon, as expected, did not make any secret of it, and soon many already knew about the discovery of the artist.

In the autumn of that year in one of the reputable British magazine article appeared about the sensational discovery of a masterpiece of Vermeer. On "Christ at Emmaus" talking art critics, antiquarians. In Roquebrune arrived for the talks art dealer Hugendeyk In the end, the painting was sold to the Museum Boijmans in Rotterdam. Van Meegeren was 340,000, and Hugendeyk as a mediator remaining 210. In September, the picture was the first time

shown in the museum among the 450 masterpieces of Dutch paintings. The success was stunning. In the picture is constantly crowded with enthusiastic visitors. The vast majority of experts and critics declared "Christ at Emmaus" one of the best and most perfect creations of Vermeer Delph tskogo.

It was a long-awaited triumph. The goal was achieved, and Van Meegeren could celebrate a full and unconditional victory. He continued to work on fakes. He wanted his paintings hung in the best national museums.


"Interior with drinkers" (Pieter de Hooch)

Just as "Interior with players in the map" - a compilation of various paintings De Hoja (Pieter de Hoogh).
It was sold in 1939 through the Bona (Boon) and De Boer (De Boer) Van Buningenu (DG van Beuningen) for 220,000 guilders (£ 660,000)


Interior with Drinkers, 80 x 69 cm, oil on canvas, painted around 1937-38