Johannes FLINTOE
1786–1870, Denmark
Signature considered genuine
The painting is not signed.
Signature proven counterfeit
Details
Verdict of guilty
01KB-76141-00606-86. (PHM 1341.11.26)
Oil on canvas, not signed, approx. 150x150 cm. Ostensibly depicting a genuine painting by the Danish artist Johannes Flintoe (1786-1870). Attempted aggravated fraud. In 1986 a private individual tried to deceive an unknown number of people buying seven paintings for a total of 157,000 Norwegian kroner. The man referred to a valuation made by an auction house in Oslo, Norway. He never told that he had provided the paintings with forged signatures – that they were not at all genuine which he claimed. The painting has been seized by police and after examination judged as counterfeit.