Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate a small oil painting depicting a man praying in a mosque. The painting is filled with intricate details and careful brushwork. Its owner, Jon Swihart, purchased it at auction in 1999, believing it to be the work of the nineteenth-century French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, who was a prominent figure in the Orientalist art movement.
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Since I was a teenager and discovered the Impresionists, have always said "I would never do anything bad for money, but for a great piece of art I would have to be a primary suspect"
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The painting, renamed At Prayer (possibly because there was no reason to determine if the figure was an Arab or a Turk), sold for £94,500 with fees ($130,000), exceeding a pre-sale estimate of £80,000 to £120,000 ($110,000 to $165,000), on 26 October 2021 in Sotheby’s “The Orientalist Sale.” The owner, Jon Swihart had acquired the painting for $6,325 at auction in New York in 1999.
This episode “Gerome” [S09E02] of Fake or Fortune first aired on 9 August 2021.
I absolutely love this show. Thank you. I loved the history in this episode. Art history is cultural history and is vital to learn if we truly want to understand the past, and if we want to understand the present in the light of the past.
Would love to watch more of the Fake or fortune videos, but not if they'e and long and drawn out as this one, where every step in the process is padded with drama.
The value of the allegedly fake painting declared to be genuine was multiplied by 10 or 20. A good deal for the owner. What did the show's owners get here? A small fee?
You did a fantastic job. As for the position of the hands, Gerome was thinking as a Christian not as a Moslem
This is a treasured program! The 2 hosts are absolutely charming, attractive and knowledgeable! Thank you!
The expert is an arrogant idiot. Her testimony would be deemed circumstantial and prejudicial. She is guessing what the artist was thinking with no evidence whatsoever. She is out of order, the whole court is out of order.
The man painted looks worried or a man under siege. On his knees waiting to die. That is why he is facing the wrong direction.
Gülru Çakmak is a professor at UMass-Amherst, about ten miles from me.
Ha . . . after all these years painting — more than 30 years — it's wonderful to discover that dabbing a bit of paint ON TOP OF THE VARNISH is okay, as i have done from time to time. Even more wonderful to discover it is sanctioned by the likes of Gerome. Yippee.
Fake or Fortune has always been one of my favorite shows. Pairing Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould to investigate these art works is both entertaining and informative. I always enjoyed seeing them on the original, British version of Antiques Roadshow. I also love the juxtaposition of the tracing the historic provenance of the item with the intervention of modern, scientific methods to substantiate (or question) the legitimacy of the piece. I wish this series was still in production today! 🎨❤
congrats to the owner!
What value does a painting have?
Sure, it's nice to own something of monetary worth.
But would they have loved it less, had it been deemed a work by someone other than Gerome?
All these bla bla to hide the money laundering behind it!!!
I love these Fake or Fortune episodes!❤
fabulous outcome and outstanding research!!!
You two are amazing. What an exciting and interesting undertaking to trace the provenance of this lovely painting. Congratulations on a job extremely well done!
There is something very wrong in a world where the opinion of ONE person counts so much!
The other disturbing thing is that paintings ARE valued by how popular the artist happens to be at that moment in time.
Fiona 😍
Too much teasing the owners! Cut the BS!
I enjoyed this video very much and am willing for more! Thank you.
Would forgers go to any length to fool the buyer, of course they would. 🎨