Han van Meegeren Antonius
«Christ and the Sinner" (Vermeer)
Vermeer's painting "Christ and the Sinner" was found in the collection Goring (Hermann Wilhelm Göring). Sledsvie happened at Van Meegerena studying the history of sales, this particular painting. The most lucrative forgery (and experts believe the worst) proved fatal.
Passed through the hands of multiple mediators from Meegerena to Dr. Walter Hofer (Dr. Walter Hofer) who bought the painting on behalf of Goering in a record amount ever received for forgery Meegerena - 1 650 000 guilders (£ 4,000,000)
The Woman Taken in Adultery 96 x 88 cm, oil on canvas, painted around 1941-42
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