Academic painting

Academic Painting
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Real-world counterpart
Vitruvian Man
Year		Unknown
Artist		Leonardo da Vinci
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Name in other languages  アカデミックなめいが  学术性的名画  學術性的名畫  아카데믹한 명화  Toile académique  Toile académique  Cuadro anatómico  Cuadro anatómico  Quadro accademico  Академическая картина  Wissenschaftsgemälde  Academisch schilderij

The Academic Painting is a painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduced in the 1.2.0 April Free Update. It is based on Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. Despite being referred to as a painting in the game, it is not actually a painting.

Art details

In New Horizons

Real artwork

Forgery

Vitruvian Man
Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1487
Pen and ink on paper

Museum description	This drawing is based on the "ideal" human-body ratio, as stated in "De architectura." "De architectura" was a treatise by Vitruvius, an architect from the early 1st century BCE.
Buy price	4,980 Bells
Sell price	1,245 Bells
Obtain from	Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler
Authenticity	In the forgery, there is a coffee stain in the top right corner. The forgery also has a key taped to the back of the canvas. If there is no stain and key, it is genuine.
Furniture size

Authenticity

In New Horizons, if there is a coffee stain in the top right corner, it is fake. If there is no stain, it is genuine. The forgery has a key taped to the back of the canvas.

• NHAcademicPaintingGenuine.jpg

  The genuine painting as it appears in New Horizons

• NHAcademicPaintingFake.jpg

  The forgery as it appears in New Horizons

Real-world information

Vitruvian Man

Made by the Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci in about 1490, Vitruvian Man is accompanied by notes based on the work of the Roman architect Vitruvius. The drawing, which is in ink on paper, depicts a man in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in a circle and square.

This image is an illustration of a scene or object from a video game.

The copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher/producer and/or artist(s) producing the work in question. It is believed that the use of web-resolution images of artwork for commentary on the scene or object in question qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

This image is an illustration of a scene or object from a video game.

The copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher/producer and/or artist(s) producing the work in question. It is believed that the use of web-resolution images of artwork for commentary on the scene or object in question qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.