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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9437453, member: 8267&quot;]The niceartgallery&#039;s &quot;Showcase&quot; shows side by side comparisons of the originals and examples of their work (if, in this age of deception, you believe what they say):</p><p><a href="https://www.niceartgallery.com/showcase.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.niceartgallery.com/showcase.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.niceartgallery.com/showcase.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They are not the only company offering hand painted copies. We have encountered other examples that appear to be supplied from Chinese sources.</p><p><br /></p><p>If [USER=81222]@Kaiserpoo[/USER]&#039;s painting is a copy/reproduction, there should be an original somewhere. I have not been able to find it through google and bing image searches. It may not have made it into a museum collection, and so may be more difficult to locate.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have found several other paintings with similar (though not identical) frames, identified as from the 1840s. (But then, frames can be reproduced, too)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/-Ritratto-del-Marchese-Augusto-de-Galles/90E0D4C77CACCB2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/-Ritratto-del-Marchese-Augusto-de-Galles/90E0D4C77CACCB2B" rel="nofollow">https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/-Ritratto-del-Marchese-Augusto-de-Galles/90E0D4C77CACCB2B</a> (also attributed to Gorbitz) This, presumably the original, is described as a pastel on paper. But niceartgallery has it available as an oil painting.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/attributed-to-james-reid-lambdin-portrait-103-c-20a40c787b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/attributed-to-james-reid-lambdin-portrait-103-c-20a40c787b" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/attributed-to-james-reid-lambdin-portrait-103-c-20a40c787b</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.proantic.com/en/1119598-portrait-de-femme-noble-xixe-siecle.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.proantic.com/en/1119598-portrait-de-femme-noble-xixe-siecle.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.proantic.com/en/1119598-portrait-de-femme-noble-xixe-siecle.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The question of whether it is a recent copy or an 1840s painting may be answered by opening it up and looking at the condition of the back of the canvas. There may even be helpful notations on the back. (Just speculating - one reason for using a solid backing board would be to hide such evidence on the back of a painting.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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