Art Forgeries and Their Detection - the Scientia Review

Artist Forgers
There have been many forgeries throughout the years, and behind an art
forgery is the forger. Han Van Meegeren sold his own paintings as if they
were masterpieces from a well known artist named Jan Vermeer. To
make his paintings seem more authentic, Meegeren baked his painting to
obtain an old look, rolled it up to make It appear as if it were cracked
formed over several years, and he even damaged it and restored it. Sev-
eral other well known art forgers had similar ways to make their work ap-
pear like the original artist’s. Among the most famous art forgers are
Eric Hebborn, Tom Keating, and Elmyr de Hory.
The supper at Emmaus
was believed to have
been painted by Jan
Vermeer, but in fact it
was painted by Han
Van Meegeren.