Featured Cleaning suggestions

Discussion in 'Art' started by bobsyouruncle, Nov 8, 2019.

  1. bobsyouruncle

    bobsyouruncle Well-Known Member

    Very dirty..what would you suggest to clean? 3954006C-4C64-46E7-A2EC-F02D19756A0D.jpeg 3AEE77D9-6C81-4AF0-80C7-77F755ED990F.jpeg ACF88E7C-89E8-4C3B-957A-6AAE4CB37211.jpeg FC46859A-AEB1-4C75-9BE0-34905BFE883B.jpeg DF2FB524-FF51-4E66-A6E7-8B09D81E7D54.jpeg BC324E22-5A15-481B-92D7-0424B04BDDAA.jpeg
     
  2. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    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?:smuggrin:
     
  3. bobsyouruncle

    bobsyouruncle Well-Known Member

    I'm so sorry :( and I can't figure out how to turn the images:arghh:
     
  4. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

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

    Don't worry, the web is used to it!:bag:
     
  5. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

  6. bobsyouruncle

    bobsyouruncle Well-Known Member

    Thank you very much Aquitaine !!
     
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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Most welcome!!!
     
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  8. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Looks a bit mountainous to be Venice.

    Debora
     
  9. anundverkaufen

    anundverkaufen Bird Feeder

    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.
     
  10. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    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/

    f.-gilbert-5482224.jpg
     
  11. bobsyouruncle

    bobsyouruncle Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  12. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

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

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    make a frame.....it's less expensive !!
     
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  14. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    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.:oops:

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

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    @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!!
     
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  16. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    how do I download it when I have no phone ?
     
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  17. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    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!:bucktooth:
     
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  18. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    You can still download to your computer!!:joyful::joyful::joyful: 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!!!
     
  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    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:
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