终其一生致力于艺术品真迹鉴定,却最终被从头骗到尾。他在辨别艺术品是大师,但在感情上却像他当年辨识的第一件艺术品一样,只不过时过境迁太久恐怕自己都难以回忆,是幼稚的天真的可笑的。最后引用片子里的台词,对艺术品,当然更对人的情感:
“When simulating another’s work the forger can’t resist the temptation to put in something of himself. Often it’s just a trifle, a detail of no interest. One unsuspected stroke, by which the forger inevitably ends up betraying himself, and revealing his own utterly authentic sensibilities.”