They're so cuddly.
In person, it looks to be covered in very old oil. Merry Christmas to you as well.
I have this figure that I think is pot metal. It has a coating that looks like varnish gone bad. I'd like to spruce it up, but I'm afraid that...
Show the piece. It may have been artificially patinated.
I don't know. The lemon will be acidic, but a weak acid. The baking soda or toothpaste are abrasives. You are dealing with an alloy of zinc and...
Breugel the Elder: The Census at Jerusalem (1566) [ATTACH] Lee Miller: The veiled Eiffel Tower from the Palais de Chaillot (1944) [ATTACH]
I can't read it, but it's not a bad picture. .
The first could be conté, which is a cross between chalk and pastel.
This might be helpful: https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Zinc
Pretty sure it's in Walter's book.
Show the bee honey pot!
Sort of related, I suppose: Toronto had two main Art Book stores from the 1970s into the 2000s: David Mirvish Books on Art and, a bit later,...
Very possibly he ran a studio.
As a porcelain painter, his dates would not necessarily be tied to the history of any given factory, but the later part of the 19th C looks good.
Info on Vilmos Fischer here: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/important-judaica-n09955/lot.103.html
Rubens Consequences of War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_of_War I wonder why an image search didn't turn those up.
That translates as "Entrance of Henry IV to Paris" https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16938315
Found one on eBay (same one?) but no answers. I thought this would be easy to find online, but all I'm finding is no joy. Looks Rubens-ish to...
[ATTACH] It's my understanding on a book lay-out like this, that those isolated center columns are the actual text, and the surrounding print is...
You can only hope the Durer is early. I think the subject of the men under the banners is Jesus sending out the apostles two-by-two. I'll be...
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