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Han van Meegeren

Dutch painter and art forger (1889-1947)
Person human Q436161

Facts

34 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[28]
Date of birth
October 10, 1889, 1889[11]
Date of death
December 30, 1947, 1947[12]
Place of birth
Deventer, Deventer[10]
Place of death
Amsterdam
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands[17]
Occupation
painter, art forger, restorer, collector, draftsperson, watercolorist, copyist, counterfeiter[19][20][21]
Field of work
painting, young adult literature[22][23]
Educated at
Delft University of Technology[24]
Notable work
The foot washing, Woman reading music, Cisterspelende vrouw[25][26][27]
Father
Hendrikus Johannes van Meegeren[14]
Mother
Augusta Louisa Henrietta Camps[15]
Child
Jacques van Meegeren[16]
Genre
landscape painting[29]
Official website
www.meegeren.net, hanvanmeegeren.info[35][36]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[30]
Work location
Delft, The Hague, Deventer, Rijswijk, France, Laren, Amsterdam, Netherlands[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Dutch
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Convicted of
art forger[46]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
End of work period
1947
Family name
van Meegeren[31]
Show all 34 facts +10
Given name
Henricus, Antonius[32][33]
Has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, National Museum of World Cultures, Rijksmuseum, Museum Rotterdam, Amsterdam Museum, National Gallery of Art, Courtauld Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Royal Collections of the Netherlands, Harvard Art Museums, Fogg Museum, Museum De Waag, Literature Museum, Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee
Manner of death
natural causes[45]
Name in native language
Han van Meegeren
Native language
Dutch[18]
Number of children
+2
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, NADD Wikidata project
Place of burial
Deventer[13]
Pseudonym
Han van Meegeren[34]
Start of work period
1913
🏷️ Also known as
en Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren en Henricus Antonius Van Meegeren en Henricus Antonius van Meegeren en Henricus Antonius Meegeren en Hans Meegeren en Hans van Meegeren en Han van Meegeren en Han Van Meegeren en H.A. van Meegeren ar هان فان ميغيرين cs Henricus Antonius van Meegeren de Henricus Antonius van Meegeren de Meegeren es Henricus Antonius van Meegeren fa هان ون میگه رن fa هان فان میخه‌رن fa هان ون میگه‌رن fr Henricus Antonius van Meegeren fr Hens van Maageren he האן ואן מייחרן
🔖 Identifiers · 73
ISNI
0000000072445173
VIAF cluster ID
72189137
Library of Congress authority ID
n80008221
GND ID
11873251X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
VanMeegeren1945 (cropped).jpg ↗
AbART person ID
168453
Art Renewal Center artist ID
6502
Art UK artist ID
van-meegeren-han-18891947
Artist-info artist ID
22667
Artists of the World ID
00063559
Artnet artist ID
han-van-meegeren
AskArt person ID
11140631
Show all 73 identifiers +61
Athenaeum person ID
5297
BAnQ authority ID
0000809590
BHCL UUID
c51153d7-37ca-425e-b878-fed66a0a660e
BIBSYS ID
7013009
Benezit ID
B00119961
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135261895
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
53526832
Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland: 1880-2000 ID
bwn3/meegeren
Boijmans artist ID
11939
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
meegeren-han
CONOR.SI ID
255487075
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12078953
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
nederlandse-beeldende-kunst-vanaf-1850/han-van-meegeren
DBNL author ID
meeg001
DDB person (GND) ID
11873251X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11873251X
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Han-van-Meegeren
Europeana entity
agent/base/147025
FAST ID
49072
Freebase ID
/m/0dbtg
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004368979707141
GTAA ID
128331
Genealogics.org person ID
I00541168
Geni.com profile ID
6000000034613380446
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Han_van_Meegeren
Grove Art Online ID
T056484
Harper's tag
han-van-meegeren
IdRef ID
118590960
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
11873251X
LastDodo-area-ID
207323
Le Delarge artist ID
8222_artiste_VAN_MEEGEREN_Hans
Lex ID
Han_van_Meegeren
Libraries Australia ID
36296291
Libris-URI
53hlrwcp07x3ngm
NDL Authority ID
01105723
NE.se ID
han-van-meegeren
NL CR AUT ID
xx0054294
NLA Trove people ID
412808
NMVW ID
43814
NUKAT ID
n2008120633
National Library of Brazil ID
000452295
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001099096
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000426052
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007279041405171
National Library of Latvia ID
000208653
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810655212305606
National Virtual Library of India ID
261279
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070752486
OpenMLOL author ID
314904
RKDartists ID
54449
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
75500
Roglo person ID
p=han;n=van+meegeren
SELIBR ID
330021
SNAC ARK ID
w6wm2r56
SVKKL authority ID
0438828-Meegeren-Han-van-18891947
Union List of Artist Names ID
500017445
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
262281
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/70740
WikiTree person ID
Van_Meegeren-2
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrRf3VhTy9gd4tcdyP84q
Yale LUX ID
person/af0e452a-77bc-4264-ad08-872d1175f0e3

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 12
Rijksmuseum, National Gallery of Art, Ashmolean Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Yale University Art Gallery, Amsterdam Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Courtauld Gallery +4 more
Work location 8
France, Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Hague, Delft, Rijswijk, Laren, Deventer
Occupation 6
painter, draftsperson, collector, restorer, counterfeiter, copyist
Field of work 2
painting, young adult literature
Place of birth 2
Deventer, Deventer
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Educated at 1
Delft University of Technology
Genre 1
landscape painting
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Dutch
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Native language 1
Dutch
Place of burial 1
Deventer
Place of death 1
Amsterdam
Sex or gender 1
male
← Characters 1
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Summary

Han van Meegeren was born on October 10, 1889[1], in Deventer[2]. He died on December 30, 1947[3], in Amsterdam[4]. He worked as a painter[5], art forger[6], restorer[7], collector[8], and draftsperson[9].

FAQs

Where was Han van Meegeren born?

Han van Meegeren was born in Deventer[2].

Where did Han van Meegeren die?

Han van Meegeren passed away in Amsterdam[4].

Who were Han van Meegeren's parents?

Han van Meegeren's father was Hendrikus Johannes van Meegeren[14]. Han van Meegeren's mother was Augusta Louisa Henrietta Camps[15].

What did Han van Meegeren do for work?

Han van Meegeren worked as a painter[5], art forger[6], restorer[7], collector[8], and draftsperson[9].

Where did Han van Meegeren go to school?

Han van Meegeren was educated at Delft University of Technology[24].

Related Entities

Ashmolean Museum France Kingdom of the Netherlands National Gallery of Art Netherlands Rijksmuseum Rijswijk The Hague young adult literature

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  2. [10] ↑ . Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [15] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
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  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [23] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [5] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . 9 of the Craziest Recent Art Forgery Scandals. csmonitor.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [9] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  34. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  37. [37] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  43. [43] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → han-van-meegeren
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: han-van-meegeren, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289935122|han van meegeren (#289935122)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  2. 15w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → painter, art forger, restorer +5
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Occupation: watercolorist, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect watercolorist → watercolorist ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q17505902_Q103"
  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0438828-Meegeren-Han-van-18891947
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0438828-Meegeren-Han-van-18891947, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → The foot washing, Woman reading music, Cisterspelende vrouw
    Given name → Henricus, Antonius
    Field of work → painting, young adult literature
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, NADD Wikidata project
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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