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Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s museum boasts many attractions, from a bug section to an art section. While bugs, fish, and fossils can be found by fishing, digging, and exploring your island and others, art is a bit trickier to obtain. MeetJolly Redd, a fox who will dock his boat on the hidden wharf at the north end of your island. To have Redd appear in his boat, you must first meet him when he appears on your island; Redd will be walking around and will sell you an art piece. This art piece will always be real, and purchasing it will have Redd visit your island every now and then in his boat. Clear a path to the north beach, and check often - Redd will dock his boatonce a month, but it’s not definite when he’ll arrive! Redd can also appear onHarv’s Islandwhen he’s not at your island, but he’ll sellless artworkto compensate.
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When purchasing art from Redd, he’ll offerup to four piecesat a time; however, you canonly take one homewith you per visit. After buying an art piece, you’ll get it in the mail the next day. Sounds like a great deal, right? Here’s where it gets tricky; Redd willsometimes sell forgeries, which cannot be donated to the museum. The differences can often be subtle and hard to spot, but memorizing what makes a forgery can save you from waiting months to fill your museum.
Academic Painting
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci
The fake version will have a coffee stain in the top-right.
Amazing Painting
The Night Watch by Rembrandt Van Rijn
The forgery will have the man in the front be missing his hat.
Basic Painting
The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough
The boy has shorter hair in the real painting. The fake has longer, shoulder-length hair.
Calm Painting
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Geroges Seurat
This artwork is always genuine.
Common Painting
The Gleaners by Jean-Francois Millet
This painting is always genuine.
Detailed Painting
Ajisai Sokeizu by Ito Jakuchu
The forgery has purple flowers rather than blue. The real one also has a signature on the left.
Dynamic Painting
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Katsushiki Hokusai
This painting is always genuine.
