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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Antart, post: 129284, member: 1890&quot;]We found this gem on an auction in France. At first, it peaked our interest due to its artistic quality. The vibrant brush strokes and mastery of light and shadow are simply astounding. Now that we have it in our gallery, we started digging to find the painter and it turns out to be much more difficult than we expected. Because this painting is for sale, we would like to know as much as possible about it. Instead of a signature, in the bottom right corner, we can find “Bohémiens et Saltimbanques” (Bohemians and Acrobats) – the painting&#039;s title. Apart from that, we couldn&#039;t identify any other marks that the author could have left. The canvas has been relined and repaired so maybe there was something on the back, but now it&#039;s impossible to get to it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So we hit a brick wall when it comes to identifying the painter. We know that this theme (Bohemia) was very popular in in 19th Century, especially in Spain. This particular work may have been painted in France, though. Any ideas? Can you identify anything characteristic features that could help us find the artist?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some more info:</p><p><br /></p><p>Dimensions: 72 x 94 cm</p><p><br /></p><p>Dimensions in frame: 100 x 120 cm</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/ad7294473166733" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/ad7294473166733" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://thumbnails114.imagebam.com/47317/ad7294473166733.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/e581c9473166781" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/e581c9473166781" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://thumbnails113.imagebam.com/47317/e581c9473166781.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/e291cb473166828" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/e291cb473166828" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://thumbnails114.imagebam.com/47317/e291cb473166828.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/e9daa7473166871" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/e9daa7473166871" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://thumbnails113.imagebam.com/47317/e9daa7473166871.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/e1fa28473166905" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/e1fa28473166905" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://thumbnails114.imagebam.com/47317/e1fa28473166905.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/3f35ca473166941" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/3f35ca473166941" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://thumbnails114.imagebam.com/47317/3f35ca473166941.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/1b2484473166959" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imagebam.com/image/1b2484473166959" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://thumbnails113.imagebam.com/47317/1b2484473166959.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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