Dutch police arrested 56-year-old man, who is suspected of trying to sell a fake painting by Vincent van Gogh. The man, whose name the police did not disclose on the Dutch privacy law intended to implement a fake van Gogh's painting "the Harvest" (1888), depicting wheat fields in the French Arles. The detainee wanted to get for her 15 million euros (17 million dollars).

the Arrested man allegedly faked and supporting documents: they were allegedly signed by experts from the newly opened van Gogh Museum. They said that the work padlina@

And since the works of van Gogh in the art market is rare, the suspect was able to find several potential customers from different countries for its fake kartino@

van Gogh appreciated the "Harvest". In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent said that this painting, on which he worked in the summer of 1888, "completely kills all other". Art historians believe that in just a week in June 1888 van Gogh finished ten paintings and five drawings on the same theme wheat Pola@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Источники: artnet.com, theguardian.com, artinvestment.ru