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The Man Who Made Vermeers:

Han van Meegeren's Life in Forgery

Sunday, January 11, 2009, 2:00 p.m.

East Building Concourse Auditorium, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

>>>>>Jonathan Lopez, writer and historian, discusses aspects of his recently published book, The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren.

Book signing to follow

Sunday Lectures at the National Gallery are free and open to the public on a first-come-first-serve basis

The National Gallery of Art

Constitution Avenue and 4th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

www.nga.gov/programs/lectures

The Master Forger and the Fascist Dream

Thursday, December 4, 2008, 6:30 p.m.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut

>>>>>Jonathan Lopez, author of the recently published book,

The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren.

Lecture at 6:30, preceded by a wine and cheese reception at 5:30.

Members $10, Non-members $15

Reservations strongly suggested: call (860) 443-2545, ext. 129

Supported by the Bernard I.and Nelly K. Murstein Lecture Fund

Lyman Allyn Art Museum - 625 Williams Street - New London, CT 06320

www.lymanallyn.org

 

Vermeer and Van Meegeren: the Real and the Faux

Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 7:00 p.m. -- Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ronni Baer, Elfens Senior Curator of European Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts

Jonathan Lopez, author of The Man Who Made Vermeers

>>>>>Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren became a folk hero at the end of World War II when he confessed to selling Hermann Goering a fake Vermeer. Hear author Jonathan Lopez and curator Ronni Baer discuss the extravagantly sordid life of the world's most notorious art forger and what he did to the image of the Vermeer we know and love.

Book signing to follow

Purchase tickets online at the MFA website

by phone at (617) 369-3306

or in person at the MFA box office

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115

Opportunism and the German Occupation: Alois Miedl and

Han van Meegeren at the Goudstikker Gallery

Thursday, March 26, 2009, 11:30 a.m. -- The Jewish Museum, New York

Jonathan Lopez, author of The Man Who Made Vermeers

>>>>>Hermann Goering's banker and financial advisor, Alois Miedl, ran the Goudstikker gallery as a lucrative art dealership during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, sometimes offering protection to Jewish collectors in exchange for paintings and always funneling the best works to Goering. When the longtime Vermeer forger Han van Meegeren sought a buyer for his monumental Christ and the Adulteress in 1943, Miedl was the last dealer left in Amsterdam with enough money to pay cash under the table for what appeared to be a looted 17th-century masterpiece.

Book signing to follow

Purchase tickets online at the Jewish Museum's website

by phone at (212) 423-3337

The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128

 

Bookings:

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The Man Who Made Vermeers,

or to receive a disk of released images

for use in reviews or associated articles,

contact Harcourt's publicist for The Man Who Made Vermeers,

Gregory Henry, at (212)592-1094.

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