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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 147790, member: 369&quot;]Good morning and thank you all for your comments! I do not know where to begin, but first, I agree that it is a generic scene, not a scenery existing somewhere in nature. </p><p>The painting is quite nice, and many details do not show very well in the photos. Also the colours are not so dark in reality, but I couldn&#039;t capture that in the pictures. The only thing that is not so well done is indeed the location of the tree in the middle! </p><p>I removed the back of it and I am not sure what to think about what I found. First the back is made of thick cardboard. </p><p>The painting itself is not removable from the glass cover, and what can be seen on the inside is a piece of fabric that to my eyes looks like silk (?). I tend to think that the painting is actually done on the glass, and likely in oil, as I can see the characteristic crackles with a magnifying glass. Maybe the silk was rather added as a protective backing? On one place a bit of the painting has come off, and you can see that in the detail picture I post. The dark part there is the glass itself, then there is a white layer of paint visible, and on top of it the fabric. </p><p>I do not think this has ever been a brooch, as there has not broken off something of the two pins. I rather believe it was attached to a kind of wooden frame that has been lost. </p><p>Has anyone seen something comparable? </p><p>Many thanks again, Mat</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S: </p><p>Sorry for the bad detail pictures, I was in a hurry and made them with my mobile phone...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]39791[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]39792[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]39793[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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