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Han van Meegeren

Han van Meegeren
Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (d. 1947)

Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero after World War II when it was revealed that he had sold a forged painting to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

10 October 1889

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