Basic painting

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Basic Painting
Basic Painting NH Icon.png
Real-world counterpart
The Blue Boy
Year Unknown
Artist Thomas Gainsborough
Main appearances

Name in other languages
 いさましいめいが
 勇敢的名画
 Toile classique
 Retrato heroico
 Quadro semplice
 Обычная картина
 용감한 명화
 勇敢的名畫
 Toile classique
 Retrato heroico
 Einfachgemälde
 Klassiek schilderij


The Basic Painting is a painting in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing. It is based on Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy.

Art details

In Animal Crossing

Buy price  1,960 Bells
Sell price  490 Bells
Obtain from  Tom Nook
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Wild World

Basic painting

Buy price  3,920 Bells
Sell price  490 Bells[nb 1]
Obtain from  Redd
Authenticity Can be a forgery
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0
  1. Sells for 10 Bells if it is a forgery.


In City Folk

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Buy price  1,960 Bells
Sell price  490 Bells[nb 1]
Obtain from  Tom Nook
(spotlight item)
Authenticity Always genuine
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0
  1. Sells for 10 Bells if it is a forgery.


In New Leaf


In New Horizons


Real artwork

Basic painting

Forgery

Basic painting


The Blue Boy
Thomas Gainsborough, 1770
Oil on canvas


Museum description Gainsborough was known for his innovative use of colors in his traditional portraits, like this one. Although he preferred painting landscapes, his portraits would be the defining work of his career.
Buy price  4,980 Bells
Sell price  1,245 Bells[nb 1]
Obtain from  Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler
Authenticity Unknown
Furniture size 1.0 x 2.0
  1. Cannot be sold if it is a forgery.

Authenticity

In New Leaf, if both of his arms are bent at his sides, then it is a forgery.

In New Horizons, if his forehead is entirely covered with bangs, then it is a forgery.

Museum exhibit description

"This portrait of a boy in blue by Gainsborough has been a longtime favorite of the British public."
— Museum Exhibit, Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Real-world information

The Blue Boy

The painting in real life is called The Blue Boy, and was painted in 1770 by Thomas Gainsborough. It is an oil painting, and is currently on display in Huntington Library, San Marino, California.


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