Art & Design
Art Forgeries Quiz
Test your art forgery knowledge with 50 trivia questions on van Meegeren, Beltracchi, Knoedler Gallery, and Keating.
Test your art forgery knowledge with 50 trivia questions on van Meegeren, Beltracchi, Knoedler Gallery, and Keating.
Han van Meegeren became a Dutch folk hero for duping Hermann Göring with a fake Vermeer during WWII. Forgery has been with us since Roman sculptors copied Greek masters, but the modern era has produced some of history's most audacious cons — from van Meegeren's fake Vermeers to the Knoedler Gallery scandal that shut down New York's oldest gallery.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll explore the careers of Han van Meegeren, Wolfgang Beltracchi, Elmyr de Hory, Tom Keating, Mark Landis, and Eric Hebborn, the Knoedler Gallery scandal, the role of forensic detection methods like X-ray fluorescence and pigment analysis, and disputes around famous works like the Getty kouros and Bastianini's Renaissance busts.
Han van Meegeren (1889-1947) forged Vermeers during and after WWII, including 'Christ with the Adulteress' which he sold to Hermann Göring. After the war he confessed to forgery to escape a charge of collaboration.
The 165-year-old Knoedler Gallery, New York's oldest gallery, closed in 2011 after dealing in approximately 60 fake Abstract Expressionists supplied by Glafira Rosales and painted by Pei-Shen Qian in his Queens garage.
Mark Landis donated his forgeries to museums for decades using his deceased mother's name, never accepting money. His motivations appear to have been psychological rather than financial — he was never prosecuted.
Last updated: April 2026