Cover Hardcover
Size 288 Pages
Format 13,5 x 21,0
ISBN 978-3-7117-2109-9
First published 2021
The Art of Deception
After being damaged, Jan Vermeer’s masterpiece The Art of Painting is transported back to Vienna into the skilled hands of restorer Clemens Hartmann. The subsequent media coverage also alerts Austria’s young and ambitious chancellor, who is making headlines with his reactionary politics. He demands the painting be restored within three months so that it can grace the walls of his office but Clemens tries everything in his power to prevent this and starts working on a replica.
Real or fake? A cunning tale about the correlation between art and politics.
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After being damaged, Jan Vermeer’s masterpiece The Art of Painting is transported back to Vienna into the skilled hands of restorer Clemens Hartmann. The subsequent media coverage also alerts Austria’s young and ambitious chancellor, who is making headlines with his reactionary politics. He demands the painting be restored within three months so that it can grace the walls of his office but Clemens tries everything in his power to prevent this and starts working on a replica.
Real or fake? A cunning tale about the correlation between art and politics.
All rights available