 In 1932, van Meegeren moved to the village of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin with his wife.There he rented a furnished mansion called ""Primavera"" and set out to define the chemical and technical procedures that would be necessary to create his perfect forgeries.He bought authentic 17th century canvases and mixed his own paints from raw materials (such as lapis lazuli, white lead, indigo, and cinnabar) using old formulas to ensure that they were authentic.