deltim
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posted on June 13, 2003 08:38:15 PM new
I found this picture, but I don't have any idea who he is. The picture is about 8 x 10 and is on a thick backing, maybe it is matted. It was with some classical cassette tapes and sheet music... so maybe he is a composer?
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 13, 2003 08:54:43 PM new
I think it may be a young Christopher Columbus.
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Roadsmith
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posted on June 13, 2003 09:21:05 PM new
Or. . . the REAL Mona Lisa? Without her makeup?
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rarriffle
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posted on June 14, 2003 03:49:02 AM new
looks like the young Christopher Columbus to me too, and according to my children, I knew him.
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deltim
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posted on June 14, 2003 07:29:19 AM new
Any other opinions out there???
I have been trying to search for a young Christopher Columbus photo to compare it to... but so far, no luck. I can find a picture book on him and some older pictures. One of the older pictures does look similar.
I never knew Columbus never had a photograph of him taken. Nobody ever "really" knew what he looked like... all his pictures are just artist's impressions.
That's what I love about the research process... all those little things you learn.
If anyone runs across a photo, please point me in the right direction.
Oh, and does anyone know what this type if picture would be called? It's not a real photograph, and it doesn't really seem to be a painting... is there a special name for it?
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replaymedia
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posted on June 14, 2003 07:48:04 AM new
My pure speculation,:
A) They didn't have photographs back then. The pictures you saw of 'old' Columbus were paintings, because he was a well-known explorer for the Queen.
B) There were no paintings of 'young' Columbus, because was a non-famous nobody. Paintings were expensive to commission. The average person could never afford it.
I strongly doubt that is a Columbus picture.
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Twelvepole
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posted on June 14, 2003 08:00:01 AM new
I have seen that picture before, look at some Royal family pictures... maybe English...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND... 
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 14, 2003 02:20:41 PM new
My money is on Dutch or Flemish.
Try flipping through a book on Rembrant or Vermeer.
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stopwhining
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posted on June 14, 2003 02:26:48 PM new
it is a picture of my ex lover who took off with the chambermaid.
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capotasto
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posted on June 14, 2003 02:31:40 PM new
Stopwhining we are anxious to hear the rest of the story...
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tomwiii
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posted on June 14, 2003 02:33:32 PM new
ANOTHER movie I saw when I was in the Coast Guard...
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alwaysbroke
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posted on June 14, 2003 06:15:44 PM new
He DOES have an impish grin! Makes you wonder what he's up to.
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stopwhining
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posted on June 14, 2003 07:27:40 PM new
there is really not much to tell-she won the state lottery and i did not.
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horsey88
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posted on June 15, 2003 10:57:38 AM new
Looks kinda like the guy in this pic:
http:news.bbc.co.uk/.../images/ _1203069_stkitts_colombus_ap.jpg
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deltim
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posted on July 5, 2003 05:28:45 PM new
I'm still researching everything I can find to identify this man...
Does anyone think he could be Leonardo Da Vinci?
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eagleedc
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posted on July 6, 2003 08:46:46 PM new
http://www.google.com/imghp
Go here... type in whoever you think it might be and click search. Flip through a few pages and move on.
If your really desperate, you could offer up a few bucks on www.answers.google.com and someone may do the work for you.
You might start by talking to someone who knows the history of photography, since this is a photograph. Find out what probable time period this type of photo was taken then look for prominent figures of that era. Looks to be a professional image by the shading imo. GL.
My 2¢,
Rob
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