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<p>[QUOTE="PortableTreasures, post: 593475, member: 10237"]Hello everyone--thanks in advance for whatever ideas or suggestions you can send my way about this painting I bought on eBay in the U.S. (for all of $10--including shipping!). It's approximately 38cm/15inches long and 30cm/12.5inches wide. It's painted on what looks like heavy dark green canvas (or perhaps even a light oil cloth...?). I've never seen this type of backing used for an oil painting before. It's never been on a proper stretcher, but instead seems as thought it was original wrapped around a board and pinned in place. It came to me just as a flat-packed canvas. The seller didn't know anything about it and had seriously considering just throwing it in the bin. He suggested it might be Dutch, or at least the depiction of a Dutch ship, but the flag looks to be upside down to me if it's meant to be a Dutch flag. there is no signature anywhere and it very much looks to me like amateur/naive art. It feels and looks old though--you know that sense you get when you look at something and think, "Hmmm, that's gotta be old," but I might well be wrong. The paint is oil-based and somewhat thickly applied in places (and flaking off in others). The composition seems to be a popular one--big sailing ship in the middle ground or background and a rowboat in the foreground and typically off to the righthand corner, just as it is in this one (e.g., <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/12/f1/1e12f1ee0d2d80a618a4a2f004b1a89a.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/12/f1/1e12f1ee0d2d80a618a4a2f004b1a89a.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/12/f1/1e12f1ee0d2d80a618a4a2f004b1a89a.jpg</a>). It definitely doesn't look like a Chinese knockoff though (it's too roughly done, for example).</p><p><br /></p><p>I absolutely love this painting--the chaps on the sailing ship make me laugh every time I look at them (and imagine what they're saying). What I'd love your help with is any suggestions re a possible date for when it was painted and country of origin/country of ship depicted[ATTACH=full]176911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176915[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176916[/ATTACH] . </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]176911[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PortableTreasures, post: 593475, member: 10237"]Hello everyone--thanks in advance for whatever ideas or suggestions you can send my way about this painting I bought on eBay in the U.S. (for all of $10--including shipping!). It's approximately 38cm/15inches long and 30cm/12.5inches wide. It's painted on what looks like heavy dark green canvas (or perhaps even a light oil cloth...?). I've never seen this type of backing used for an oil painting before. It's never been on a proper stretcher, but instead seems as thought it was original wrapped around a board and pinned in place. It came to me just as a flat-packed canvas. The seller didn't know anything about it and had seriously considering just throwing it in the bin. He suggested it might be Dutch, or at least the depiction of a Dutch ship, but the flag looks to be upside down to me if it's meant to be a Dutch flag. there is no signature anywhere and it very much looks to me like amateur/naive art. It feels and looks old though--you know that sense you get when you look at something and think, "Hmmm, that's gotta be old," but I might well be wrong. The paint is oil-based and somewhat thickly applied in places (and flaking off in others). The composition seems to be a popular one--big sailing ship in the middle ground or background and a rowboat in the foreground and typically off to the righthand corner, just as it is in this one (e.g., [URL]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/12/f1/1e12f1ee0d2d80a618a4a2f004b1a89a.jpg[/URL]). It definitely doesn't look like a Chinese knockoff though (it's too roughly done, for example). I absolutely love this painting--the chaps on the sailing ship make me laugh every time I look at them (and imagine what they're saying). What I'd love your help with is any suggestions re a possible date for when it was painted and country of origin/country of ship depicted[ATTACH=full]176911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176915[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176916[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH=full]176911[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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