Dolnick Edward. The forger's spell: a true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century

New York : Harper, 2008. — 349 p. As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter, Han van Meegeren, who dared to impersonate Vermeer centuries later. The con man's mark was Hermann Goering, one of the most reviled leaders of Nazi Germany and a fanatic collector of art.