File:Jesus unter den Schriftgelehrten von Han van Meegeren.jpg

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Christ among the doctors  wikidata:Q3191128 reasonator:Q3191128
Artist
Manner of Johannes Vermeer  (1632–1675)  wikidata:Q41264 q:en:Johannes Vermeer
 
Manner of Johannes Vermeer
Alternative names
Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death October 1632 15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft Delft
Work period 1653–1675
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Delft (1653–1675) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1777,Q41264
Han van Meegeren  (1889–1947)  wikidata:Q436161 q:pl:Han van Meegeren
 
Han van Meegeren
Alternative names
Henricus Antonius van Meegeren
Description Dutch painter, drawer, aquarellist and forger
Date of birth/death 10 October 1889 Edit this at Wikidata 30 December 1947 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Deventer Amsterdam
Work period 1913 Edit this at Wikidata–1947 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q436161
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Author
Painter: Han van Meegeren; photographer Koos Raucamp
Title
Christ among the doctors
label QS:Lfr,"Jésus parmi les docteurs"
label QS:Len,"Christ among the doctors"
label QS:Lda,"Jesus blandt de skriftkloge"
label QS:Lnl,"Christus te midden van de schriftgeleerden"
Object type painting / forged painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: In May 1945, the Allied forces questioned banker and art dealer Alois Miedl regarding the newly discovered Vermeer. Based on Miedl's confession, the painting was traced back to van Meegeren. On 29 May 1945, he was arrested and charged with fraud and aiding and abetting the enemy. He was remanded to Weteringschans prison. As an alleged Nazi collaborator and plunderer of Dutch cultural property, van Meegeren was threatened by the authorities with extensive prison time. Faced with these bleak choices, and after spending three days in jail, he confessed to forging paintings attributed to Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch. He exclaimed, "The painting in Göring’s hands is not, as you assume, a Vermeer of Delft, but a Van Meegeren! I painted the picture!" It took some time to verify this and for several months he was detained in the Headquarters of the Military Command at Herengracht 468 in Amsterdam. Between July and about November/December 1945, and in the presence of reporters and court-appointed witnesses, he painted his last forgery, of Jesus among the Doctors, also called Young Christ in the Temple in the style of Vermeer. After the trial painting was finished, he was transferred to the fortress prison Blauwkapel. Van Meegeren was released from prison in January or February 1946.
Deutsch: Als die Mitarbeiter des Büros zur Bekämpfung der Vermögensflucht Ende Mai 1945 in den Geschäftsbüchern der bis 1944 von dem Bankier und Kunsthändler Alois Miedl betriebenen Kunsthandlung Goudstikker nachlasen, dass Han van Meegeren einen Vermeer "Christus und die Ehebrecherin" über Alois Miedl an Hermann Göring verkauft hatte und der (unbegründete) Verdacht bestand, dass er der nationalsozialistischen Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging angehört hatte, kam er vom 29. Mai 1945 bis zum Herbst 1945 wegen Betruges und Feindbegünstigung in Untersuchungshaft in das Gefängnis Weteringschans. Angesichts der ihm als Kollaborateur und als Verkäufer nationalen Kulturgutes der Niederlande drohenden Zuchthausstrafe machte Han van Meegeren nach drei Tagen Haft das Geständnis, diesen und weitere Vermeers gefälscht zu haben. Er erklärte: „Das in Görings Hände gelangte Gemälde ist nicht, wie Sie annehmen, ein Vermeer van Delft, sondern ein van Meegeren! Ich selber habe das Bild gemalt!“ Da man kaum glauben konnte, die vermeintlichen „Vermeers“ seien von der Hand Han van Meegerens, malte Han van Meegeren während seiner Untersuchungshaft von Juli bis September 1945 in Anwesenheit von Zeugen den letzten gefälschten, aber nicht signierten Vermeer "Jesus unter den Schriftgelehrten". Bei der Zwangsversteigerung am 5. und 6. September 1950 erzielte dieses Bild 3.000 Gulden. Heute befindet sich das Bild in einer Johannesburger Kirche.
Nederlands: Schilderij "jonge Christus" van Han van Meegeren, gemaakt als demonstratie.
Depicted people Jesus Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1945
date QS:P571,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717

Source/Photographer cropped from GaHetNa (Nationaal Archief NL)
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