Given the Met example and other Turnbull versions, I have to agree that this is Jefferson... but maybe a couple times removed from the original...
They look to be the same image, but you're going to have to pay them to get the provenance. How do they know that's Jefferson? Maybe you could...
Mouth is wrong for Jefferson. So are eyes. IMO
This is a self-portrait of the French pasteliste Maurice Quentin de La Tour: [ATTACH] Resembles him as well. Maybe it's just a type.
There's a resemblance to the portrait of Jefferson by Mather Brown, but I'm not certain that isn't just coincidence. It's the mouth... gives the...
I believe the hole has been broken through the name, which is Lachenal. There were two: Edmond (1855 - 1958), and his son Raoul (1898 - 1956) I...
Looks like color loss to me. I can't see peroxide helping, and certainly not CLR. An active ingredient in CLR is hydrochloric acid. If the...
Just say it has the number 78, but you don't know what that refers to. If it's a pochoir, then it's a multiple and there could be another from...
What is it painted on? It looks like it could be gouache, which you would expect to be painted on paper. Gouache is a form of opaque...
Another mark that doesn't look like real writing to me. but I've been wrong before. The bird decoration , at least, looks like some printing...
It looks like another Luan plywood piece in which case it's a recent import. (I'm not sure where they come from... Phillipines, Indonesia,...
Here's an eBay listing (that did not sell) on the second:...
Different world. That's for sure!
J'ai du Bon Tabac - I have good tobacco - child's song c1733 J'ai du bon tabac dans ma tabatière, J'ai du bon tabac, tu n'en auras pas. J'en ai...
sa·tyr ˈsadər,ˈsādər/ noun noun: satyr; plural noun: satyrs 1. Greek Mythology one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods. In Greek art...
I think Satyr rather then Pan specifically. Pan is usually shown with his pipes.
I think a receipt rather than an invoice, but I don't know for what.
A preliminary model is called a maquette. They're not usually made in bronze. The casting is a final step. A maquette can be cast in bronze but...
If it looks interesting, that's enough reason. If some foundry worker put it together for his own amusement, it need not have a signature. Think...
I'd like to know the story behind that first one.
Separate names with a comma.
