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Very old looking for any help on identifying. This is 24” x 32” oil on canvas.
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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4500266, member: 16283"]Joe-first of all,from your Pic,I must say You have a very noble profile.</p><p> Secondly,I'd hazard that this was most likely not an original Brueghel,or any other German or Dutch floral still life from the 16th or 17th century.In the best originals,the speckling on an apple,dewdrop on a leaf,and light glowing thru a petal is truly miraculous.Like comparing your 10 year old TV,to one of the new 3D Big Screens,maybe better.</p><p> It looks more to me like a 19th/early 20th century very ambitious study of an older piece.Like the way Van Gogh's early studies clumsily but vigorously strived to imitate old masters,before he found his amazing style (but,hold-on Joe,I'm not saying it's definitely a Van Gogh study). I do like the energy and vigor to it,could very well be,as Debora said-a fairly ambitious museum study.</p><p> But who knows,could be wrong-art's quite a trip.One painting could change your life,and your grandkids,and their grandkids-BIG find,and you'd have to start a Foundation !...'Tonight's Episode of Downton Abbey is Presented by the Generous Contribution of the J. Collura Fund & Viewers Like You'.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4500266, member: 16283"]Joe-first of all,from your Pic,I must say You have a very noble profile. Secondly,I'd hazard that this was most likely not an original Brueghel,or any other German or Dutch floral still life from the 16th or 17th century.In the best originals,the speckling on an apple,dewdrop on a leaf,and light glowing thru a petal is truly miraculous.Like comparing your 10 year old TV,to one of the new 3D Big Screens,maybe better. It looks more to me like a 19th/early 20th century very ambitious study of an older piece.Like the way Van Gogh's early studies clumsily but vigorously strived to imitate old masters,before he found his amazing style (but,hold-on Joe,I'm not saying it's definitely a Van Gogh study). I do like the energy and vigor to it,could very well be,as Debora said-a fairly ambitious museum study. But who knows,could be wrong-art's quite a trip.One painting could change your life,and your grandkids,and their grandkids-BIG find,and you'd have to start a Foundation !...'Tonight's Episode of Downton Abbey is Presented by the Generous Contribution of the J. Collura Fund & Viewers Like You'.[/QUOTE]
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