We did our best on this tonight on #Fakeorfortune. It wouldn’t surprise me if this painting lives to fight another day. And lovely representatives of the late owner.
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Very much enjoyed encountering the below by Derain - Hyde Park in fauvist mode (where I walk the dogs).
Persuasive rather than desperate I hope. I’m always content with failure if the evidence leads us there (50% of the outcomes). The technical samples with Read however were remarkably matched in a way I had never encountered before. It is difficult to argue with physical evidence when it is so specifically matched.
#fakeorfortune
An exciting addition to Anglo Indian art. And one of the earliest portraits by a western female artist of an Indian subject. I loved getting to grips with Read as an artist.
The Renaissance in one easy lesson. Same subject - transformed.
On the left Virgin & Child c1210.
On the right Virgin & Child c1310
As seen today in Vienna.
So, after 4 hours of being stuck beyond passport control at Copenhagen airport after a cancelled flight by @British_Airways I get this. 4 damn hours later with no ground staff, emails or anything to assist in meantime. So depressing to see/feel how far BA have sunk.
We shall be busy in the next two years with eight more programmes to make. Always interested in proposals for possible #FakeorFortune subjects. https://t.co/aNzMayIrhk