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Is British National Gallery's New Raphael a Fake?
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| 2-20-2004
Posted on 02/20/2004 2:53:27 PM PST by nuconvert
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Bummer
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posted on
02/20/2004 2:53:27 PM PST
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nuconvert
To: nuconvert
ouch!!
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posted on
02/20/2004 2:55:13 PM PST
by
mylife
To: nuconvert
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posted on
02/20/2004 2:56:17 PM PST
by
nuconvert
("Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.")
To: nuconvert
To: nuconvert
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posted on
02/20/2004 2:57:09 PM PST
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mylife
To: mylife
That's as bad as some of these baseball or bassaball teams paying about that much for a player's annual salary, only to have him blow out a knee (or a nostril)...
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posted on
02/20/2004 2:57:30 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Gay marriage is for suckers...)
To: mosel-saar-ruwer; mylife
pictures, pictures everywhere........
It's a very nice painting........kind of expensive
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posted on
02/20/2004 2:59:06 PM PST
by
nuconvert
("Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.")
To: nuconvert
with the zoom fuction on that link you can actually see brushstrokes
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:01:44 PM PST
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mylife
To: nuconvert
Odd for Raphael to paint something so small. He was known for his barn-sized oils.
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:04:43 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
({....YES... I AM THE HATED......troll patrol.....(on duty).....})
To: nuconvert
Looks more like a Da Vinci than a Rapheal...
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:05:01 PM PST
by
kesg
To: mylife
Oh?
I'll try that. Thanks.
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:05:16 PM PST
by
nuconvert
("Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.")
To: kesg
Ii was liberaly based on a da vinci
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:06:00 PM PST
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mylife
To: kesg
So you think they were ripped off?
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:06:22 PM PST
by
nuconvert
("Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.")
To: kesg
This painting is freely based on a famous composition by Leonardo da Vinci (the 'Benois Madonna' in the Hermitage, St Petersburg. Raphael painted the panel shortly before leaving Florence for Rome. When it was in the Camuccini Collection in Italy it was celebrated, but for more than a century it was thought to be only a copy.
Oil on wood
29 x 23 cm.
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:07:33 PM PST
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mylife
To: mylife
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:10:43 PM PST
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mylife
To: nuconvert
Doesn't look fake to me.
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:20:34 PM PST
by
FReepaholic
(Never Forget: www.september-11-videos.com)
To: ErnBatavia
Actually this is worse. At least in the athlete situation the team got what they wanted ....with the only problem being that the athlete got injured. In this case the gallery forked over millions for a fake. That would be comparable to the NY Yankees paying millions for A-Rod, only to get someone who just looks like A-Rod.
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posted on
02/20/2004 3:40:34 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
To: spetznaz
It would be the same as paying for A-Rod and having H-Rod show up.
The first clue something would be amiss: H-Rod tells Jeter to move to 3B so she and Crusty can play SS.
To: nuconvert
So it wasn't painted by Rafael, but by someone else who was just as good.
To: LouisianaLobster
Right.....but that doesn't count when you're talking about it's value. Almost-a-Raphael doesn't quite make it.
Now, would I mind having it? Absoltely not.
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posted on
02/20/2004 4:54:50 PM PST
by
nuconvert
("Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.")
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