Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is, next to Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals and Pieter Saenredam, one of the great Dutch masters of the 17th century. Also called the golden age. Johannes Vermeer lived and worked in Delft. His girl with a pearl earring is world famous.
Han van Meegeren (1889-1947) has become world famous for painting ‘The Supper at Emmaus’ (1937) and then passing it off as a recently discovered ‘Vermeer’. The forgery came to light after the second world war. Van Meegeren was sentenced to death for collaborating with the enemy, but managed to save his skin by confessing to the forgery. Forgery was punishable by 2 years in prison.
As is still customary in countries such as Iceland, people in Holland in Vermeer’s time included their father’s first name within their own name: Janszoon (short: Jansz.) is the son of Jan.
I am.
The son of Jan.
I live and work in Delft. I work full-time and try to write as an amateur writer in my spare time. But I’m just a forger like Han van Meegeren was. I doubt if I’ve got the talent, or the skills to be a real writer (schrijver). Writing under this pseudonym is a just mild form of forgery, I suppose.