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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 8551284, member: 79705"]Agreed with Deborah, the wobbly lines may be due to the canvas needing a restretch....the previous job is pretty awful. Floor is pretty wacky though. Stretchers look Euro style and old, as does the canvas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copyists/forgers absolutely could make copies from widely circulated engravings. And engravings didn't always match paintings they came from. It's an interesting puzzle. The place where the signature is in the etching is beneath the frame in yours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 8551284, member: 79705"]Agreed with Deborah, the wobbly lines may be due to the canvas needing a restretch....the previous job is pretty awful. Floor is pretty wacky though. Stretchers look Euro style and old, as does the canvas. Copyists/forgers absolutely could make copies from widely circulated engravings. And engravings didn't always match paintings they came from. It's an interesting puzzle. The place where the signature is in the etching is beneath the frame in yours.[/QUOTE]
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