Some of the most famous fakes in art history

 

In the business of art and artifact curation, it must be noted that each piece that gains enough popularity attracts the eyes of many admirers. According to Sadigh Gallery, the items that gain a lot of attention command a high price, which gives a reason for other people to make money out of all sorts of fakery. Here are some of the most famous fakes in art history.

La Bella Principessa (attributed to Leonardo da Vinci)

An art dealer by the name of Peter Silverman claimed that he discovered this piece in the drawer of a friend’s home in Paris. However, there was substantial proof that the painting was auctioned off and sold to Peter Silverman a few years before. There is much debate among experts on whether this painting is one of Da Vinci’s. Many believed that it had already created enough of a market for it to be passed off and sold as authentic. 

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Watercolors (attributed to Marc Chagall)

In the 1960s, a new art dealer named David Stein sold three watercolors, whom he claimed to be created by Russian painter Marc Chagall. Luck didn’t seem to be on his side at the time, because the buyer of the paintings met with Marc Chagall himself on the very same day that the paintings were bought. In this chance encounter, Mark Chagall revealed that these were fakes, and this led to Stein’s imprisonment. 

The Flower Portrait

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The Flower Portrait, named after Sir Desmond Flower, who gave the piece to the Royal Shakespeare Company, gained a lot of popularity in its time. The painter whom this was attributed to wasn’t really a significant matter, not as significant as the subject of the painting, attests Sadigh Gallery. This was actually a portrait of William Shakespeare signed with the date 1609. In 2005, the National Portrait Gallery in London determined that the painting was only as old as the early part of the 19th century. 

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