Few Museum Visitors Spot Fake Fragonard Painting
- April 29, 2015 12:32
The UK's Dulwich Picture Gallery has revealed the identity of a "fake" painting hung in the museum for a "spot-the-fake" challenge.
Just ten percent of 3,000 museum visitors polled correctly identified the replica picture, placed amongst 270 artworks on display.
Jean-Honore Fragonard's "Young Woman" had been replaced by a $120 counterfeit, produced in China, and it hung in the gallery since February. The museum is now shoing the works side-by-side.
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
