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Thread #140872 Message #3238982
Posted By: Don Firth
14-Oct-11 - 02:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: I just discovered a lost art treasure!
Subject: RE: BS: I just discovered a lost art treasure!
Historical, frogprince. Here's what you have:CLICKY.
You might want to do a bit of research on this. I don't know, but the original is quite probably worth a fortune. And often prints of paintings can be worth a fair wad of money as well.
Ever watch the program on PBS affiliate TV stations, "Antiques Roadshow?" It happens with some frequency that some old print, poster, of dust-catching knick-knack that's been cluttering up the attic for decades turns out to be worth a small fortune. Check it out! You never know.....
Here's some information about the artist:Jacques-Louis David. He was an important French painter. Scroll down nearly halfway and the article discusses THIS particular painting depicting a rather gruesome historical event. Jean-Paul Marat, an important figure during the French Revolution, was assassinated in his bath, by a woman, as he was making out a list of people to be sent to the guillotine!
Kinda grim! Not something you would necessarily want to hang over the living room mantlepiece, but--
Google "Jacques-Louis David." Lots of information about him.