The Last Vermeer

“A grand yarn of twisty deceit, involving prestigious dupes and scads of money, with a sensational trial at the finish.” — The New Yorker It’s a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren world-famous 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. Jonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents f