Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-29

because they really recognized the mas
ters' styles. Do You want to make n
Fromentin? Nothing is SO easy. Fake
one Of his horses from a picture in the
Louvre. an Arab from the Chantilly gal
lery and background from the LuXem-
bOurg: YOU will have a complete Fro
mentin which will not be a copy o. any
other. yet the SnlarteSt connoiSSeur will
not be able to detect the error. None of
the Partisan victims of this tabiish-
ment would complain. Yet it las cheat Ell
famous societaire of the Theater Fran
case and one OF the well known bank
ers.
Does the law forbid counte, feiting?'
says Hochefort. Then we Will not sign
' them. Here is twilight effect beside
a pond. perfectly Corot. Corot could not
have done ii better Corot would have
signed it, But we will only put two lei
ters-"o L in a corner. When the buyer
says, All. that is a Corot.' You reply.
Probably. or else some che painted
Corots better than Corot. But there is
his signature. 90 THE last two letters
of Corot: the letters &c r. are pros
ably unGer the retouch. 1 think as you
do: but one is easily deceived, you
say: and tho noble collector who thinks
he knows all about il buys without guar
antee because he has discovered
CorOt.
In one case it is America who fooled
Paris Thousands Of false Henners.
beautiful paintings N tie exact style OF
the master. were done by an American IN
New York by the name of Benner. With
little rubbing the "B" looks like II.
and the French painter Benner. who has
style of his own, has suffered from II
much.
it has been the habit to order engravings
at the same time. So the victim will
say: MY Theodore Rousseau false. On
the contrary it is well known. 1t was
engraved wears ago in eau forte,
Following on the complaint of a chateau
proprietor near Cheroourg. the police
found fifty counterfeit Millets in the
shop Of local picture Trainer and. worst
of all. Nntlav-"Who signed more
Millets than Millet ever paint ed'-sold
enc TO the French government. NJ La
fenstre. at that time ronServateur of the
Louvre paintings paid No'lav $500 for 4
peasant mother and child. sicred and
dated 1871 As soon the painting was
exhibited Henri RochefOrt and tlr heirs
cried "Fo~sery,'' The date 1910 was
VIGOROUSLY erroneous. as the first rustic
scene of Millet. the 'vanneur.'' dates
1Sia.
Is it worth while trying to buy paint
ings from noble families Beware. 4
defy YOU 10 obtain anything from
countess or marquis. says Rochefort
Under the preteNt that the object comes
from their family they part with it only
with great pain Of heart-which YOU can
translate $1,000. in other days / had
the craze of spending all the money |
earned in buying up art objects, but never
was l able to secure from a society lady
any painting. bronze or marble, good or
bad. If l offered $500 she Immediately
asked $JN If l went to $1,000 she rails
ed to s2,000-always doubling on my
Offer
AS to bogus nobility. it exists to de-
ceive the French. not the Americans
Never has a rich American girl married
a counterfeit conte or marduis-for the
same reason. they demand guarantees
Yet. if the French government start
cd in failing false titles. th-ee-uUarters of
the French nobility would find them
selves sitting beside FAULTY with a big
y. saws Rochefort. who gives handy
rule for detecting crooked nobility
when ! first started in the newspaper
business ! was challenged to d duel by
an aristocrat whose 'etter-paper bore a
great number Of gold bezants on fond
d'azure. Before going further In the dis