{"id":272,"date":"2021-05-06T03:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2021-05-28T20:07:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T20:07:50","slug":"lothar-malskat-dieter-fey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/lothar-malskat-dieter-fey\/","title":{"rendered":"Lothar Malskat (1913\u201388) and Dieter Fey (n.d.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"635\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/lothar-malskat-4f1b9ce4-4406-445f-a3a9-8387c4d59a1-resize-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/lothar-malskat-4f1b9ce4-4406-445f-a3a9-8387c4d59a1-resize-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/lothar-malskat-4f1b9ce4-4406-445f-a3a9-8387c4d59a1-resize-750-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Lothar Malskat and Dieter&nbsp;Fey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many forgers work in teams. In this case, Malskat, the artist, was employed by Dieter Fey, whose firm was commissioned to restore the frescoes in the German Cathedral of Marienkirche in L\u00fcbeck that were destroyed during WWII. When the Gothic frescoes\u2019 restoration was unveiled in 1951, no one believed that they were forged until Fey sued himself to gain recognition for his work. He admits that there was no hope in restoring the fresco, so he started from scratch. He added in \u201ctime bombs,\u201d which would prove the work to be his own. For example, he placed turkeys in the scene, which would not be discovered until the 13th century (after the original fresco had been finished). After they spent time in jail, Malskat\u2019s frescoes were taken down after causing much distrust between the German people and officials. To learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jonathonkeats\/2012\/10\/19\/so-you-think-you-wouldnt-be-bamboozled-by-lothar-malskats-art-forgeries-book-excerpt-2\/?sh=2cf645a46f3f\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Caroline Scarola <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hu, Rollin. &#8220;Lothar Malskat: the man who sued himself.&#8221; <em>The Johns Hopkins News Letter<\/em> 2 march 2017. https:\/\/www.jhunewsletter.com\/article\/2017\/03\/lothar-malskat-the-man-who-sued-himself <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many forgers work in teams. In this case, Malskat, the artist, was employed by Dieter Fey, whose firm was commissioned to restore the frescoes in the German Cathedral of Marienkirche in L\u00fcbeck that were destroyed during WWII. When the Gothic frescoes\u2019 restoration was unveiled in 1951, no one believed that they were forged until Fey&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/lothar-malskat-dieter-fey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lothar Malskat (1913\u201388) and Dieter Fey (n.d.)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9137,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":993,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions\/993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}