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Message:: [QUOTE="antidiem, post: 4377346, member: 30"][USER=52453]@steve lunn[/USER] please click "Full Size" on your photos so they can be easily viewed. I'm not sure this is waterbased paint. There appears to be white gesso (?) beneath the top layer of colors..? I've not seen this done for a gouache painting before, but not impossible. The color that looks most like gouache is the white. Do not test the white, it is too visible in the center. The very first photos you posted make it appear to be unvarnished oil. Please damp swab it in an unnoticeable area on the edge that will not show, to see if any color comes off on a damp q-tip. This will confirm water based paint. If the darker colors won't come off, don't swab the lighter ones! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />  The paper loose from 3 sides shows PERFECTLY CLEAN boards beneath. I'm not sure how this stayed so clean from the day it was framed, but I think it's a really good frame job to make that possible. I want to call in some assistance here... [USER=5066]@James Conrad[/USER] would you please take a look at this pristine wood and offer comment / suggestions as to the age and type of clear wood used?  Would you please also take a look at the close ups of the frame, it's an original frame that modern day knockoffs are patterned from..[/QUOTE]