I was Vermeer

I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger by Frank Wynne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I had known the story of Han van Meegeren quite well, read about it on a number of web pages and from a number of perspectives, so I did not expect much of this book - just a recollection of known stories.
I was very pleasantly surprised.
Yes, it was the same story, but very nicely structured and paced.
It very smoothly covered areas of history of art, painting (and forging) techniques and private life of the main character.
I checked the information about the author.
Looks that his main profession is translation.
How right - I thought.
What is translator's job?
Making a copy of a piece of art using material of quite different kind.
Well done :)

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