Han van Meegeren artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale A boy by a clock
Han van Meegeren
Deventer 1889-1947 Amsterdam
1889-1947
A boy by a clock
pastel and black chalk on paper 63.9 x 48.0 cm, signed l.l. and dated '14
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: Familie van de schilder.
Literature: Frederik H. Kreuger, 'Han van Meegeren, Meestervervalser', Diemen 2004, afb. in kleur pag. 37; Frederik H. Kreuger, 'Han van Meegeren Revisited. His Art & List of Works', Delft 2010, cat.nr. B293, afb. in kleur Ac.e.
Han van Meegeren became known for his forgeries of Vermeer in the 1930s and 1940s, which managed to fool even experts. As a result, his own artistic talent has often been overlooked. He produced drawings, watercolours and oils of mainly impressionistic genre scenes, scenes of fashionable life and romanticised Biblical representations, and was also much in demand as a portrait painter.
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