Theo van Wijngaarden

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Theo van Wijngaarden (27 February 1874,

art forger
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Van Wijngaarden was born in Rotterdam and later lived in The Hague.

The Smiling Girl

Associated often with fellow art forger

Andrew W. Mellon to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1937.[2][3] Van Wijngaarden often served as the front man, making the sales deals on van Meegeren's forgeries.[4]

The Lacemaker, another forgery.

Literature

  • Jonathan Lopez: The Man Who Made Vermeers. Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren. Orlando, Harcourt Inc., 2008.
    ISBN 9780151013418

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-1-4067-3417-1
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  2. ^ Vrij Nederland (magazine) (February 26, 1996), p. 35–69.
  3. ISBN 978-0-8476-9206-4
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  4. ISBN 978-90-5959-031-1
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