Quaint painting

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The Milkmaid.jpg
Real-world counterpart
The Milkmaid
Year Unknown
Artist Johannes Vermeer
Main appearances

Name in other languages
 おちついためいが
 平静的名画
 平靜的名畫
 침착한 명화
 Toile charmante
 Toile charmante
 Retrato holandés
 Retrato holandés
 Quadro buffo
 Старинная картина
 Altertumsgemälde
 Traditioneel schilderij


The Quaint Painting is a painting available in all games in the Animal Crossing series. The Quaint Painting is a copy of Johannes Vermeer's The Milkmaid, painted around 1657. Despite its title, it depicts a housemaid pouring milk into a Dutch oven. The Milkmaid is currently on display in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Art details

In Animal Crossing

Buy price  3,920 Bells
Sell price  490 Bells
Obtain from  Redd
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Wild World

Quaint 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  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 New Horizons


Real artwork

Quaint painting

Forgery

Quaint painting


The Milkmaid
Johannes Vermeer, circa 1658
Oil on canvas


Museum description This piece earned Vermeer the nickname "Master of Light" thanks to its exquisite contrast and depth. Vermeer painted this masterpiece at only 25 years of age. Many note that it is surprisingly small in real life.
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 1.0
  1. Cannot be sold if it is a forgery.

Authenticity

In New Leaf, if the maid is missing her bonnet, the painting is a forgery.

In New Horizons, if the maid is pouring a lot of milk (as opposed to a small strand), the painting is a forgery.


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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.