4. Real Sons of Abraham: Jewish Art Dealers and the Traffic in Fakes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. The Golden Age of Forgery 1
5. 1. Imperfect Doubles: The Forger and the Copyist 19
6. 2. Intimate Detections: Connoisseurs, Forgers, and the Thing between Them 53
7. 3. Restorations: Cultural Authority and the Life of Objects 83
8. 4. Real Sons of Abraham: Jewish Art Dealers and the Traffic in Fakes 116
9. 5. Paste and Pearls: Drawing the Boundaries of Female Identity 146
10. Conclusion: Magic Tricks 175
11. Notes 181
12. Works Cited 217
13. Index 233