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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Han van Meegeren, Geert Groote, Etty Hillesum, Bert van Marwijk, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Siyar Bahadurzada, Willem Jan Knoop, Dion Staring, Victor Sikora, Jacobus Revius, Samuel Holland, Lourens Baas Becking, Truus Schroder-Schrader, Rene Temmink, Jan Visman, Lebuinus, Steven Lubbers, Guusje ter Horst, Joey Suk, Bas Dost, Jan Michels, Jan van Dijk, Jomanda, Frank Ankersmit, Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Gerrit Hendrik Kersten, Resit Schuurman, Barry Hulshoff, Harry Decheiver, Gertjan Verbeek, Jan van Krieken van Huessen, Berend Jan Udink, Wim Meutstege, Tineke Hidding, Francine Descartes, Alexander Hegius von Heek, Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Niels Wellenberg, Gerlac Peterson, Florens Radewyns, Jan Kleinbussink, Dick Schneider, Louis Gerlach Pareau, Gert Jan Lebbink, Johannes van Keulen, Philippus Rovenius, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Harold Klunder, Gerard le Heux, Ron Dekker, Willem Scholten, Reinder Lubbers, Hubert Schoemaker, Wolter Robert, Baron van Hoevell, Paulien van Dooremalen, Han Hollander, Willem ten Rhijne, Ceriel Oosthout, Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard, Jan Bultman, Jakob Gronovius, Hendrik Willem Tilanus. Excerpt: Han van Meegeren (pronounced ) (10 October 1889 in Deventer, Overijssel - 30 December 1947 in Amsterdam), born Henricus Antonius van Meegeren, was a Dutch painter and portraitist, and is considered to be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. As a child, van Meegeren developed an enthusiasm for the marvelous colours used by painters of the Dutch Golden Age, and later set out to become an artist himself. When art critics decried his work as tired and derivative, van Meegeren felt that they had destroyed his career. Thereupon, he decided to prove his talent to the critics by forging paintings of some of the world's most famous artists, including Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Gerard ...
