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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LarryW, post: 981293, member: 12253&quot;][ATTACH=full]205390[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205391[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205392[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205393[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205394[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205396[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205396[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205397[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205397[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205398[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205399[/ATTACH] Hello , this is my first post on these forums. I looked very hard and found it almost impossible to fine another forum dedicated to art. I was lucky to find this one. Wonderful.</p><p><br /></p><p>So today I did what you read about online and I went to the thrift store and bought a old what I thought was a painting. It turned out to be what I believe is a old chromolithographic art print. Could be wrong on that because the paint is very thick , but ill post more on that later. When I took the nails off the back to remove the piece of wood covering the picture, I found another piece of art directly behind it. It had either been covered up or hidden on purpose. This second picture that I will be talking about in this post is some kind of PRINT of a painting done by who I believe is Bartolomé Esteban<b> Murillo.</b>&nbsp; ( So I would like to first identify if what I have is a Photo, a lithograph, or some other kind of copy. The picture that was in front of this one was made in around 1885.&nbsp; I looked far and wide for this artwork and found no record of it anywhere online. The original picture would have been painted around the mid 1600&#039;s.&nbsp; Its obvious that it still existed when it was &quot;Copied&quot; or Photographed or some how made available to reprint. Which leads me to a few dead ends. This could be a print of one of those art pieces that was lost, stolen, or burned during WW2. If that is true, This image has probably not been seen in a very long time and may not even be recorded as existing. Or, it be hanging over some OLD WOMANS stove over in Europe and she has no idea what it is, or it could be in a private collection and nobody knows what it is or who painted it. Whatever the case be on the original, I may have the only remaining copy of it available to be viewed today by the general public, because once you&#039;ve see this picture, you cant unsee it, and you will know it exist. The print or photo has been layed over another piece of paper like the old Albumen silver print. If that&#039;s what this is, and it very well may be, then it could have been a photograph of the original painting pictured around 1858. I see Caldesi &amp; Montecchi were taking pictures of rare art at the time and the general frame and size is very close match to what they were doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without Further ado, I herby show, probably for the first time in a very long time, Mary Magdalen,&nbsp; Painted by Murillo.&nbsp; Look hard and you will see the halo over her head. Any information on this piece would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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