What a great idea! I can see "Persia" and the "Chinese Empire" so I googled those. AI says (with punctuation error): "Persia officially changed...
I quickly looked through the prices on the ones for sale now & the buyer got a good deal. Did your pictures show the bubbles? Do Excellent...
Also, colors fade. It seems quite reasonable that a light red/pink (whether ink or paint) might fade to ivory over time. Even original paint...
I hate to disagree again, but my field of study is devotional images (albeit from an earlier century). The Vigee-Lebrun is NOT a devotional...
Owning something for generations gives a provenance to a specific object. It does not authenticate a reproduction as a genuine work by a specific...
The “eyes following you” phenomena is not an art historical reality. It is not something that artists can do. It is the result of human visual...
That is an interesting possibility. Maybe they are printed on a textured paper, mimicking canvas. È una possibilità interessante. Forse sono...
Photographic reproductions often show variant colors and tones from the original. Many reasons: different cameras, film, lighting, surface on...
When you blow these up so large, they no longer look like cloth/canvas weave. Are they the dots from photographic reproductions? Ester says the...
I am an art historian (Ph.D.) specializing in 15th century European art, published in 15th century Netherlandish, 15th-16th century Italian, and...
Same with the Murillo. Original in the Prado.
The original of the Vigée Le Brun is in the Louvre. To me it looks like you have a photographic reproduction on canvas (no brushstrokes, no...
I looked up (on the internet) the artists that davydempsey found, but their styles do not conform to your painting. Nor do the signatures I could...
Very pretty!
Google image found what may be a match for your oblong cut glass bowl with two flowers. EBay seller calls it "American Brilliant Dahlia Button...
Homer Laughlin China was founded in 1899 in East Liverpool, Ohio. (Before that it was Laughlin Pottery, founded in the early 1870s.) They moved...
studio potter--love the glaze!
Could be a Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Mother), Mary mourning the suffering and death of Christ. I agree that the exaggerated frown is atypical,...
I had no idea! My Mom left a box of zippers. I keep learning from you.
I thought you might be interested in seeing this piece from my father's glass collection. I posted it on an American Brillant Collectors site and...
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