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Art forgery
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Art forgery is the creation and sale of works of art which are intentionally falsely credited to other, usually more famous artists. Art forgery can be extremely lucrative, but modern dating and analy
A City on a Rock, long attributed to Francisco Goya, is now thought to have been painted by 19th-century artist Eugenio Lucas Velázquez. Elements of t
A City on a Rock, long attributed to Francisco Goya, is now thought to have been painted by 19th-century artist Eugenio Lucas Velázquez. Elements of the painting appear to have been copied from autographed works by Goya, and the painting is therefore classified as a pastiche. Compare to Goya's The Maypole.
Sign at the Taxila Museum, Pakistan, 1981
Sign at the Taxila Museum, Pakistan, 1981
Forged self-portrait of Albrecht Dürer who lived from 1471 to 1528 by an unknown painter over a 1786 painting as confirmed by Dr. Kubach-Reutter of th
Forged self-portrait of Albrecht Dürer who lived from 1471 to 1528 by an unknown painter over a 1786 painting as confirmed by Dr. Kubach-Reutter of the Dürer House using X-rays and infrared radiation, with painting having been archived for almost two centuries in the Nuremberg City Museums
Strand von Ste. Adresse, 1863, a genuine original painting by Johan Barthold Jongkind.
Strand von Ste. Adresse, 1863, a genuine original painting by Johan Barthold Jongkind.
Elmyr de Hory
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Elmyr de Hory was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger. It is claimed he was responsible for producing over a thousand forgeries that were sold to reputable art galleries all over the world. His ac
Art forgery
…honestly, by attributing them as copies, and some have actually gained enough notoriety to become famous in their own right. Forgeries painted by the late Elmyr de Hory, featured in the film F for Fake directed by Orson Welles, have become so valuable that forged de Horys have appeared on the market. A peculiar case…
de Hory, c. 1970
de Hory, c. 1970
Ursula Andress and Vicenç Caraltó at the Elmyr de Ibiza art gallery, 1971
Ursula Andress and Vicenç Caraltó at the Elmyr de Ibiza art gallery, 1971