These painting don't have value for their ARTISTIC value but for the historic value associated with them. A painting from any era with no historic significance only has the value of those that enjoy looking at it. These paintings don't become treasured for their quality but for their provenance. In most of Europe painters learn by copying. The Mona Lisa has copies that are technically better then Da Vinci's in some respects. They have no value beyond the paint and Canvas they are made of plus Labor maybe if a viewer wants it. All they are saying is that the value historically is zero if it can't be proved. they are not commenting on its quality as it relates to its self.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:06 AM, karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/7692268/Fake-Raphael-turns-out-to-be-worth-25m.html
"12 by 16 inch oil painting was long thought to have been a copy made in the style of the Renaissance master long after his death and dismissed as almost worthless"
then using modern machines, the technique was identified
"Using infra-red and ultraviolet ray "multilayer" technology, they were able to see through accumulated layers of paint. ... The institute's Lisa Venerosi Pesciolini, one of Italy's most respected art restorers, said: "Underneath the layers, it was possible to see the original painting. This is an extremely important find."
and the price jumped from worthless to millions.
there was a UK series on unearthing the stories behind artworks, often painting - many were dismissed as worthless, low quality copies or too flawed to have come from the Great Master (insert name) . Many of the paintings had been placed before the greatest art historians, critics and specialists in the world - most were specialists on the various painters and they were continually rejected.
Once they were in the hands of analytical chemists and radiologists where the techniques employed to create the painting were able to be examined and compared with known works by the attributed artist, the tables often turned, with worthless pieces suddenly becoming worth millions.
funny how a painting can go from a mere 'copy' to original. I know the name means a lot but, was the quality of the painting not immediately apparent? seems not.
just saying..
k
