09-18-2017 03:03 PM
Hello..I am hoping someone could tell me who this guy is or the artist. Part of the name is under frame, but I thought it said Santino? I tried google image but it came back with Santas and not much more. Thank you for any help and/or ideas.
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09-18-2017 09:16 PM
09-18-2017 03:43 PM
So you have had it out of the frame then? If so pull it back out and take a pic of what it says as a start..
09-18-2017 04:06 PM
09-18-2017 09:07 PM
I'm afraid you're going to have to take it out of frame if you want to discover artist's name.
Debora
09-18-2017 09:08 PM
Looks like a watercolor. Is it? Or is it a print?
Debora
09-18-2017 09:09 PM
09-18-2017 09:10 PM
Assuming that it's Italian, they have a bunch of names that end in -tino. Agreed that you need to unframe this to see.
09-18-2017 09:16 PM
09-18-2017 10:01 PM
09-19-2017 07:07 AM
Thank you all for all your responses ! I was able to locate a similiar pic with a pipe of this guy through your responses ! http://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/269365/italian-watercolour-portrait-by-antonio-fiorentino/ would you agree?
09-19-2017 07:19 AM
The paper on yours looks to be watercolor paper. If mine, I would carefully open up the back and remove the pic and take a few super crisp, well lit, in high focus photos (not cell phone camera) and post them here.
Use a cake frosting spatula to insert under the nails to prevent damage to the picture. Go slowly.
09-19-2017 07:27 AM
Also, it looks like your sig may be trimmed from looking at other samples of his works. Might be folded under though.
09-19-2017 08:47 AM
Thank you sonomabarn67 ! I did take out of frame, curiosity got the best of me..sig is cut off not folded. Paper is textured, is this a print in your opinion?
09-19-2017 09:15 AM
It really looks like an original watercolor. One way to determine if it is a print is to take a jeweler's loupe and see if there are a uniform series of different color small dots that make up the image. With an original watercolor, those don't exist. Some watercolors will leave trace elements of pigments (look in the darkest parts of the image and valleys of the paper) for the colored bits.
Even though the sig is trimmed, there are enough online examples that you can tell it's him.
09-19-2017 11:04 AM