Collection find of a lifetime? Three oil paintings by the same artist. Need Help Identifying the Art

Went thrifting earlier today and new I would be amiss if I left without this entire set. All three are oil on canvas, appear to have been revarnished and/or conserved by a gallery in NYC & one in Oakland at some point. The Oakland gallery appears to have closed down so I can't follow up with that lead. The artist doesn't appear to be American, but I never was good with signatures. All the paintings appear to have been restretched at some point, likely during their time in a gallery. All I have to go on is that the paintings appear to be pre 1940's, as you can still see the original nail holes, the artist likely isn't American. Any help identifying the artist, what the set might be worth, or any additional leads will be most appreciated!

 

The good news is... You have good taste. The bad news is... They're all copies of Rembrandt paintings.

Debora

 

One appears to be a copy of Rembrandt's Man with a Golden Helmet.

 

I suspect that Michael Donoho Gallery was more a framing shop than a fine art gallery. It appears to have had a brief life in the late 1980's. https://splashpad.org/2018/06/elida-scola-celebrates-35-years-on-grand/

 

What's the chance that it was Rembrandt that copied this artist?XD

 

Lol

 

Man in the Golden Helmet is no longer attributed to Rembrandt, but that didn't happen until the mid-1980s.

 

Seriously?

 

Seriously funny ! Bravo

 

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You do know Rembrandt painted in the early to mid-1600s, right?

 

Followup: apparently museum quality hand reproduction paintings of well known artists is a thing- here's one for example: https://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Rembrandt-Van-Rijn/Man-In-A-Golden-Helmet-C.-1650.html

That said, these paintings all look proper well aged, guesstimate 50-80 years,. curious if there's a value on well done, vintage reproductions- as once more, it's clear all three of these paintings have been to a conservator at some point & have been revarnished their lifetime.

Also, upon close inspection the backside is dated 1500 so perhaps my theory still holds true!XD

 

Obit for Michael Eugene Donoho. Graduated high school in 1959 and college in 1963. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193395633/michael-eugene-donoho

Actually, your 'Man in the Golden Helmet' isn't a very good copy.

Perhaps you could find the originals of the other 2 and compare them with yours.

 

I believe this is what your 1st picture is trying to copy:

https://yandex.com/images/search?cbir_id=4807493/Z3UzrBmzxQJzISMhxr_Ohw8702&pos=0&rpt=imageview&img_url=https://www.pikasus.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/rembrandt.jpg&cbir_page=similar&url=https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-images-cbir/4807493/Z3UzrBmzxQJzISMhxr_Ohw8702/orig

 

Debora, you are 2/2! Good catch, a reverse image search narrowed it down to this: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.572.html

 

Thank you but... Credit doesn't go to me; it goes to wiscbirddog.

Debora

 

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