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title: The Forger Who Fooled A Museum
description: "He didn't paint a Vermeer. He painted what a Vermeer would have looked like if Vermeer had had a quieter year — and the museum bought it."
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datePublished: 2025-08-14
dateModified: 2025-08-14
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.channel/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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He didn't paint a Vermeer. He painted what a Vermeer would have looked like if Vermeer had had a quieter year — and the museum bought it.
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