more : Old Painting

[Patricia Jungwirth]

I did the same thing - lightened and enlarged the image - and I must say
that the closer I look the more I believe that the pic has been painted
over - the detail in the turned table leg seems to have been rather
carelessly painted on - and the detail in the dress has clearly been
enhanced by painting - the highlights and shadows are inconsistant with
the laws of physics and light??

The right hand on the cheek has been redrawn - hence its unusual shape.

may I suggest that if it is a photo - then it was painted over to retain
detail that may have been fading or lacking - an early photo restoration
maybe?

good luck

Robert

At 05:35 PM 1/12/01 +1000, you wrote:
>It is a photo I put it into my photo program lightened it and what you think
>are brush marks are folds in the dress, and there are a lot of scratches on
>the surface and other marks, I have a lot of old photos with simular marks.
>Cheers Jenny
>"Vivienne Wooster" <vwoo...@cust.caloundra.net> wrote in message
>news:3c0763ee@plover...
>> I have an old painting of a woman sitting at a table.
>> Would anybody recognise the style of dress and be able to give an
>> approximate date and perhaps a country? I have made a guess of
>c1840 -1850.
>>
>> Painting dimensions are: W 23cm x H 28.5cm. The only colours used are
>black
>> and white on what appears to be a cream coloured card.
>>
>> View the painting at www.geocities.com/bbutterflyvee/pages/help.htm
>>
>> Thanking you in advance,
>> Vivienne Wooster.
>> vwoo...@cust.caloundra.net
>>
>>
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