William Harnett Forgeries

The essay is about many painting by John Fredrick Peto being passed off as painting by the more popular (and valuable) paintings of William Harnett.  Alfred Frankenstein did wonderful detective work to solve the Mystery.  The Denver Art Museum has an Harnett painting in its collection.

William Harnett - Still Life with Telegraph

Still Life with Telegraph

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The Egyptian Mummy Case

Located on the 6th Floor of the North Building, Denver Art Museum

Comparing with the Canopic Coffinette.
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Ashurnasirpal's II Treasure

This object has intrigued me for a long time. Who is Ashurnasirpal II? How did this object wind up in Denver, so far from its place of origin? How did so many of these objects of the same description get distributed to art museum all over the USA? Could this object be part of the legal controversy currently rocking the art museum world?
Ethically, who really should ‘own’ this object?

I will try to address these questions in 4 essays titled:

The Palace of Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria
Austen Henry Layard – British Adventurer and Father of Assyriology
Four Objects – Four Art Museums – Four different Provenances
Loot: Who Should Own the Art Treasures of the World?

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Joe Lantz