´´The fact that people who orginally doubted its authenticity are still following leads tells me something!´´
It tells you that we help people that post on the forum. Saintluc merely identified the source of the original image and is trying to track it down. If it wern´t for him, you wouldn´t be ´loving the suspense´. As for me, the gulf in quality between your painting and this painting by Hopfgarten is huge - the chiaroscuro, drapery, and moulding of the hands and face are in another league altogether.
http://iako.livejournal.com/244386.html Maybe Hopfgarten was having a bad day. If that´s the scenario, regrettably you will not be able to sell your painting. The gallery would place an embargo on it and may even try to seize it.
Fortunately though, it´s a copy, so you´ll be able to continue enjoying it.
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