Thomas Patrick Keating was an English artist, art restorer and art forger. Considered the most prolific and versatile art forger of the 20th century, he claimed to have faked more than 2,000 paintings
Keating at Jane Kelly's family home in Kew, London, 1967.
Frank Moss Bennett: Cavaliers playing cards, 1912
Cornelius Krieghoff: Trappers on the frontier.
In art history, "Old Master" refers to any painter of skill who worked in Europe before about 1800, or a painting by such an artist. An "old master print" is an original print made by an artist in the
Tom Keating
…starred in an award-winning Channel 4 television series in which he instructed viewers in the intricately detailed painting techniques of his favourite Old Masters. A followup series, focusing on the Impressionists, began airing two days after his death, in 1984. Keating was born into a working-class family in an…
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, Artemisia Gentileschi
Rucellai Madonna by Duccio, c. 1285.
Portrait of a young woman by Sandro Botticelli, 1480
Sistine Chapel ceiling, Ignudi, Michelangelo, 1509