Basic painting
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 The basic painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. | ||||||
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| The Blue Boy | ||||||
| Year | 1770 | |||||
| Artist | Thomas Gainsborough | |||||
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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
The basic painting in Animal Crossing replaces the lovely painting from Doubutsu no Mori+, which shares the same internal hexadecimal ID.
In Wild World
- ↑ Sells for 10 Bells if it is a forgery.
In City Folk
| Buy price |  1,960 Bells
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| Sell price | 490 Bells[nb 1]
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| Obtain from |  Tom Nook's store(spotlight item) |
| Authenticity | This painting can appear at Crazy Redd's, where it will always be a forgery. |
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- ↑ Sells for 10 Bells if it is a forgery.
In New Leaf
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The Blue Boy
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
Made in 1770
Oil on canvas
| Museum description | This portrait of a boy in blue by Gainsborough has been a longtime favorite of the British public. |
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| Buy price | 3,920 Bells
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| Sell price | 490 Bells [nb 1]
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| Obtain from |  Redd's Gallery |
| Authenticity | In the forgery, both of the boy's arms are bent. If only his left arm is bent, it is genuine. |
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In New Horizons
As with all artwork in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the basic painting was added in the 1.2.0 April Free Update.
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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. |
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| Buy price | 4,980 Bells
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| Sell price | 1,245 Bells[nb 1]
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| Obtain from | Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler |
| Authenticity | In the forgery, the boy has a bowl haircut with long bangs. If he has shorter and wavier hair, it is genuine. |
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- ↑ Cannot be sold if it is a forgery.
Gallery
Screenshots
The fake basic painting in New Horizons
Textures
The basic painting in Animal Crossing
The genuine basic painting in New Leaf
The fake basic painting in New Leaf
The fake basic painting in New Horizons
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Icons
Basic painting
(Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer)
Basic painting?
(Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer)
Real-world information
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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