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The deceivers : art forgery and identity in the nineteenth century
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- Creator
- Aviva Briefel
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1501726870, 9781501726873, 0801444608, 9780801444609
- OCLC
- ocm68132798, ocn607760801
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-231) and index.
- Introduction : the golden age of forgery -- Imperfect doubles : the forger and the copyist -- Intimate detections : connoisseurs, forgers, and the thing between them -- Restorations : cultural authority and the life of objects -- Real sons of Abraham : Jewish art dealers and the traffic in fakes -- Paste and pearls : drawing the boundaries of female identity -- Conclusion : magic tricks