thread of real vs fake paintings and how not to get SCAMMED by an art history enthusiast #AnimalCrossing #ACNH 
real versions (left) vs. fake versions (right)
Basic Painting or The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough - fake version will have bangs/a less visible forehead
Detailed painting or Rooster and Hen with Hydrangeas by Iko Jakuchu - flowers are purple instead of blue in the fake version
Famous painting or Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci - fake version has prominent eyebrows as the real one famously does not
Jolly painting or Summer by Giuseppe Arcimboldo - fake version does not have the artichoke in the bottom right corner
Moving painting or The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli - fake version lacks trees on the right side of the painting
Quaint painting or The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer - she is pouring much more milk in the fake version
Scenic painting or Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel - fake version only has one hunter instead of three
Graceful painting or Beauty Looking Back by Hishikawa Moronobu - the lady is much larger in the fake version, taking up most of the canvas
Academic painting or the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci - Redd left his coffee on the right corner of the fake painting
Serene painting or Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci - ermine will have spots of darker fur in the fake version
Wistful painting or Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer - fake one wears a star earring and will sometimes BLINK at you???
Ancient statue - Dogū Clay Figurine (Jōman period 1000-3000 BC) - fake statue has antennas on head
Informative statue or the Rosetta Stone (196 BC) - fake is blue instead of black
Valiant statue or Winged Victory/Nike of Samothrace (190 BC) - fake version has the fabric draped around her right shoulder instead of left (I bought the fake version of this by accident 😔)
Warrior statue or Terracotta soldier (210-209 BC) - fake is holding a shovel in his hands
Scary painting or Portrait of Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei by Toshusai Sharaku - in the fake his eyebrows are arched upwards instead of downwards
