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Very dirty..what would you suggest to clean?

 

Doesn't seem particularly dirty and unless you've cleaned paintings before I'd suggest leaving it alone ... Venice scene Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute etc. popular subject, I see this one is by an F. Gilbert ..I bet you uploaded these pics with a sideways I-Phone, right?

 

I'm so sorry and I can't figure out how to turn the images

 

It isn't you, it's Apple and their wacky proprietary ways!

Don't worry, the web is used to it!

 

Here you go:

 

Thank you very much Aquitaine !!

 

Most welcome!!!

 

Looks a bit mountainous to be Venice.

Debora

 

Fr.Gilbert, a pseudonym of Karl Kaufmann, French. I have my methods of cleaning and would do it myself but wouldn’t recommend it to someone that hasn’t. Over cleaning can easily cause paint to flatten out and signatures are often painted with a different pigment than the painting itself and can disappear with a simple wipe with water or spit.

 

I wouldn't clean it until you confirm artist and ascertain value. Especially if it's the work of this F. Gilbert. (IMHO, it doesn't appear to be.) And, even then, I'd leave it to a professional.

https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/5482224/

 

Thanks to all..I will not try to clean! Either of the artists would be fine with me. I think it is time to find a frame.

 

Agreed - maybe he got a number 21 mixed up with a number 19?

 

make a frame.....it's less expensive !!

 

Very charming painting, bob.

The construction and colour of the dome are very different too, as are the other buildings. I think it was a flash answer.

It is signed Fr Gilbert, btw, not F Gilbert. So I'm with anund.

 

@bobsyouruncle, just thought I’d let you know that Adobe Photoshop Express is a FREE photo editing app, that among other things lets you resize down your images, as well as rotate them!! Easily downloads to phone.....just play with it a bit ‘til you get the feel of it!!

 

how do I download it when I have no phone ?

 

It was indeed!
Those boats/sails are often associated with Venetian scenes but I'm sure those lateen rigs appear in other parts of the Med too! oops!

 

You can still download to your computer!! HaHa....I just meant that it wasn't a HUGE program, but did a lot of things IF you were downloading to a phone!!!! No worries if dropping it on a computer!!!

 

Lateen rigs are also seen in Asia and Eastern Africa.
These are slightly more rectangular than lateens, they look more like the ones you see on wherries: