I discovered the one signature painting is by Willem Van Dort 1889 :)
Actually I added two paintings that do show clear signatures on the bottom, hopefully someone can identify them :) Thank you!
Couple more for everyone to play with, the still life paintings are very old and very large, no signatures that I can see as of yet.
Good catch! I will UV light it and see what surfaces! Stay tuned!
Also Isaac and Rebecca married at 40 and 14. The old man in the painting seems to be much closer to the 70 age and the young lady maybe 20.
Interesting, but would it be Shylock and Jessica considering she detested her father and was desperate to get away from him? The portrait clearly...
Interesting, the inscription is in Latin and the Latin translation for Brixiensis I thought was Brixton
Interesting I thought it was Bellona as well from the breast plate design and spear in hand. Which puts us back into Italian royalty.
I also could find nothing on a famous Peter Alexander that would be alive during the stated 1791 year
Who was the Prince of Brexton in 1791?
Interesting that sort of kills my Italian thought as Italians then followed Roman deities not Greek. Things that make you go hmmmmm
Good reference for sure, I know another member suggested Lear and Cordelia, again not a bad look. I definitely get the sense from the photo that...
I agree this really is a gorgeous piece that does not echo after master but rather original work. Good thoughts to go on for sitting subjects.
Ok lots to respond to, firstly thank you all for your comments and knowledge. The Old Jewish Scholar/Rabbi definitely is a well done piece and for...
Hi Debora, this is a family inheritance that had been collected since late 1800's from travels around the world. These do not have signatures but...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi everybody! I would love some help identifying the sitting subject in the...
Thank you for that, it tis exciting to see another of his signatures signed with the date, they sure look identical, this is becoming more and...
Fascinating I will UV light it and magnify it in person and see if something legible appears :) Nice attention to detail! Thank you!
Sounds like a ‘Fake or Fortune’ episode. (I really like that show) I'm sdown, call up the network let's get an episode aired! :)
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