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The Washington Post review of ‘The Art of Forgery’

Han van Meegeren painting Christ Among the Doctors, after Johannes Vermeer, during his trial in Amsterdam, 1945. (Indianapolis Museum of Art)

Adrian Higgins reviews ‘The Art of Forgery’ by Noah Charney. According to Higgins, “If the popular image of the forger is that of a lovable rogue, Charney chips away at that ideal, to his credit.” The book offers “a fascinating account of avarice and hubris.”