Delivered-To: hlleibbrandt@onsbrabantnet.nl Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 03:34:15 +0000 (UTC) From: "janet g. smith" To: Leibbrandt Subject: Re: Also a shadow of Vincent signature left-upper in Picture#1 Dear Hans, Wishing you and the owner a Merry Christmas and a great 2018. Please feel free to send me the x-rays for review. Every artist wants his work enjoyed, kept safe and acknowledged. Best regards, Janet Janet G. Smith Fine Art Consulting & Appraisal Telephone: (402) 320-1239 www.jgsart.com PO Box 120214 Clermont, FL 34712 Please notify us, if you receive this email in error. Thank you. The telephone number is registered on the national do not call list. From: Leibbrandt To: janet g. smith ; Leibbrandt Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2017 6:51 PM Subject: Also a shadow of Vincent signature left-upper in Picture#1 ============================================================================================ Hello Janet, The text on the webpages is modified according to your permission: "The following opinion was provided by Janet G. Smith in Dec .... etc " I reviewed also Picture#1, and found also there a shadow of Vincent's signature in the left-upper corner. See: http://www.leibbrandt.com/Website/images/work_1_Detail+contrast.jpg and http://www.leibbrandt.com/Website/images/work_1_Detail+contrast+Filled_in_signature.jpg however more difficult to see (... more imagination is needed ...) Look to the screen from about 7 foot ( 2 meter) distance, then it is more clear. I used on the PC the simple LView Pro viewer ( version 1995 ! ) with Gamma Correction = -75 and Contrast Enhancement = +22 ( Easier to use than PhotoShop ) to make the characters visible. The owner of the painting has an original UV painting viewer, but up till now the UV painting viewer did not give better results than our simple digital photos made in 2006. We hope that X-ray examinations of the paintings will give more convincing results of what is within the paint. You will hear from us about the results. Have a marrie Christmas and a Good 2018 ! Best regards, Hans Leibbrandt ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ At 22:06 2017-12-20, janet g. smith wrote: Dear Hans, You have my permission to publish as changed below. It is not wise to point fingers at any institution, if you wish for them to review the pictures and revise their opinion in the future. My art history students are allowed to do research at a Louvre, so my access to their archives is critical. I am proud of my students work there. Best regards, Janet From: Leibbrandt To: janet g. smith ; Leibbrandt Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 9:52 AM Subject: http://www.leibbrandt.com/website/Vincent_and_Toulouse-Lautrec. htm Hello Janet, Our proposal is to include your valuable information in our webpage : ''Two interesting paintings signed "Vincent", found in 1942'' with the following text: _____________________________________________________________________________________ The following opinion was provided by Janet G. Smith in December 2017. Janet G. Smith Fine Art Consulting & Appraisal www.jgsart.com : Fine art appraisal and art consulting PO Box 120214 Clermont, FL 34712 Florida USA She found in the upper left corner of Work 2 another, for the greater part over painted signature: "TL" "Vincent": a monogram of Toulouse-Lautrec and the signature Vincent. Her opinion is the works may in fact be two collaborative works of Vincent and Toulouse-Lautrec in Paris, date 1886. See the monogram of Toulouse-Lautrec and the signature Vincent in the upper left corner of Work 2 in the contrast enhanced photodetail in a new window: Work 2, Contrast enhanced photodetail ____________________________________________________________________________ The result is already online in the, now complete but hidden, page : http://www.leibbrandt.com/website/Vincent_and_Toulouse-Lautrec.htm My english is not 100% so you may change the text according to your preference . The Dutch page will then also be extended with this info. Best regards, Hans Leibbrandt ===================================================== At 14:56 2017-12-18, janet g. smith wrote: Dear Hans Leibbrandt: The signatures are visible in the sky upper left only in picture #2. Best regards, Janet Janet G. Smith Fine Art Consulting & Appraisal Telephone: (402) 320-1239 www.jgsart.com PO Box 120214 Clermont, FL 34712 Leibbrandt Kievietlaan 4 5683RC Best, The Netherlands Phone +31 (0)499-398260 Mailto:HansLeibbrandt@onsbrabantnet.nl http://www.leibbrandt.com