Question
When the Allies tried to return art stolen by the Nazis, this artist was unexpectedly exposed to acclaim when it was discovered that Hermann Göring unknowingly owned one of his paintings. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 20th-century Dutch artist who painted The Woman Taken in Adultery and Christ Among the Doctors in a 17th-century style.
ANSWER: Han van Meegeren (“hahn von MAY-khuh-ren”) [or Henricus Antonius van Meegeren; reject “Meegeren”]
[10e] To facilitate the authenticity of his forgeries, van Meegeren purchased 17th-century examples of this painting surface. This fabric was originally developed in Italy from material repurposed from Venetian sails.
ANSWER: canvas
[10m] Van Meegeren’s forgery Woman Drinking is an alternate version of this Frans Hals painting of a grinning old woman in a bonnet. Van Meegeren’s version excludes the owl perched on her shoulder but retains the pewter mug.
ANSWER: Malle Babbe (“MAH-luh BAH-beh”) [or Hille Bobbe (“HEE-luh BAH-beh”) or Witch of Haarlem]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago B | Iowa State A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago C | MIT A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Claremont A | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cornell A | Imperial A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Florida A | South Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Harvard A | Rutgers A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana A | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| McGill A | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan A | Duke A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota A | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU A | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | Texas A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn State A | Florida B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford A | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Vanderbilt A | Houston A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Virginia A | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL A | Yale B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| WUSTL B | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |