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Discussion in 'Art' started by Ananda, Jan 4, 2021.

  1. Ananda

    Ananda Member

    Maybe someone know the age and where is it from etc. Thanks for all the information. EE377F0F-C245-4032-92E1-995B462ABF1C.jpeg 7CF3AB3B-CC4F-43F2-A341-12BBDC1908E6.jpeg
     
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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Your painting appears to be a late Victorian genre painting in a gilded gesso frame. A close-up of the painting itself would be helpful to identify activity. The location should be able to be identified by the language above the doorway (which I can't see clearly.)

    Debora
     
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  3. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    The picture you posted is too small to make any real observations - other than it is a quality piece that has been restored, e.g. it has been backed with a fresh canvas support (relined).
    It is also possible that the painting has been reduced in size, but of course that is hard to tell from a small photograph.
    The use of corner triangular braces on the frame reverse is not a particularly common practice although I do see it quite a bit on frames put together in Scandinavia, however this doesn't look like a Scandinavian molding to me.
    The frame isn't original to the work and in my opinion crowds the painting and does nothing for it. Frame is a silver foil type with a yellow over lacquer, imitating gold leaf.
     
  4. Ananda

    Ananda Member

  5. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Looks like the kids don’t want to go to school.
     
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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Two naughty German or Austrian school children.

    Debora
     
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  7. Ananda

    Ananda Member

    Maybe do you know the worth of this?
     
  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Beautiful, Ananda.
     
  9. Ananda

    Ananda Member

    Could it be Otto Rethel?
     
  10. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    That's very unlikely. Rethel also produced genre paintings but he was a much more accomplished artist. (Notice how skilled he was with the use of light.

    Debora

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  11. Ananda

    Ananda Member

    Debora

    Not in every painting
     

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  12. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    You misunderstand me. I didn't mean that all of his paintings were light. I meant that he used light skillfully. Look at your example above and see how the figures' faces are illuminated.

    Debora

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  13. Ananda

    Ananda Member

    Oh, yes, I see
     
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    Ananda Member

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