# Mystery Oil Painting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-oil-painting/848461>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-oil-painting/848461 "2020-02-24T23:39:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-oil-painting/848461/21 "2020-02-25T05:07:17Z")

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Thanks, everyone. I agree it looks like K de Rijk, but there is no artist by that name of any renown that I can find. Oh well, I’ll have to find my fortune somewhere else…

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-oil-painting/848461/22 "2020-02-25T05:12:37Z")

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You could check with an art dealer, but I would guess that it’s only a generic oil painting, and not worth much. The fancy frame may be worth more than the painting, depending what it’s made from.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-oil-painting/848461/23 "2020-02-25T05:51:51Z")

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It looks like Riipi to me, which is a Finnish name. But I can’t find any artists that match the rest.

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-oil-painting/848461/24 "2020-02-25T21:30:42Z")

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I don’t have a clue about the artist or if the painting is worth anything, but it instantly reminded me of a picture my [late grandfather painted](https://www.flickr.com/photos/131956082@N08/49585155756/in/dateposted-public/)and which now hangs in my parents’ living room. Those are beeches too on \*\*dolphinboy’s \*\*picture, aren’t they?

Now, I don’t think my grandfather was the artist in both cases (which meant that he forged the signature :D), but I just wanted to share because of the similarity.

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