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Description	Room 4 of the Regional Court in Amsterdam During the trial of Han van Meegeren, which took place in 1947, the forger demonstrated the techniques he had used to create several convincing Vermeer forgeries. Before the court and under police guard, he painted his last "Vermeer", Jesus among the Doctors.
Source	http://homepage.mac.com/schuffelen/vermeer.html
Date	1947
Author	Unknown
Permission (Reusing this image)	See below.

[edit] Fair use for Han van Meegeren

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual. The following articles mention historic nature of the trial, the painting, and the subject.

The Price of Forgery TIME Monday, Nov. 18, 1946

"Not for Money" TIME Monday, Sep. 18, 1950

It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion in the article.DO11.10 20:52, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who took the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this Image

to illustrate the event or historically notable person(s) in question where:
The image depicts a non-reproducible historic event or historically notable person(s), and no free alternative exists or can be created, and
The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

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current	20:53, 15 May 2007	360×375 (21 KB)	DO11.10 (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information \| Description = During the trial of Han van Meegeren, which took place in 1947, the forger demonstrated the techniques he had used to create several convincing Vermeer forgeries. Before the court and under police guard, he painted his last ")
	20:52, 15 May 2007	360×375 (21 KB)	DO11.10 (Talk \| contribs)	( {{Information \| Description = During the trial of Han van Meegeren, which took place in 1947, the forger demonstrated the techniques he had used to create several convincing Vermeer forgeries. Before the court and under police guard, he painted his last )