Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to entertain millions of players around the world and the latest update has brought some very interesting news. Among these, the return of Volpolo, a merchant known in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. In New Horizons, Volpolo manages the shop “The sea of treasures of Volpolo”, which will allow you to purchase various works of art, including many paintings that can then be exhibited in our art gallery. However, good old Volpolo knows his stuff and will try to sell us some fakes too.
In this guide, we will show you the real paintings and tell you what are the characteristics that distinguish the fakes. Are you ready then? Let's begin.
Symbolic Picture
In the fake, the stoat will be darker in color and will have circles around the eyes.
Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Realist picture
Volpolo will try to sell us two fakes of this painting: in one, the girl has her eyes closed; in the other, it has a star-shaped earring.
Girl with a turban by Jan Vermeer.
Academic Framework
In the fake, you will be able to see a coffee stain in the upper right corner.
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Harmonious picture
In the fake, the girl occupies a much larger space in the canvas. According to some players, it also appears that Volpolo is selling another fake in which the girl looks in the opposite direction.
Beauty looking back by Hishikawa Moronobu.
Organic Framework
In the fake, the artichoke that protrudes from the chest is missing.
Summer by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Famous Picture
In the fake, the Mona Lisa has raised eyebrows.
Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Scary picture
As with the Mona Lisa, also in this painting the man has raised eyebrows, giving him an expression that is more worried and scared than angry.
Otani Oniji by Toshusai Sharaku.
Winter framework
In the counterfeit version, several dogs and the top hunter are missing.
Pieter Bruegel's Hunters in the Snow.
Colorful Picture
The fake version of this famous painting does not feature the trees on the right depicted in the original.
Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli.
Gorgeous picture
In the fake version, the man dressed in black in the center does not have a hat.
Night Watch by Rembrandt Van Rijn.
Funny picture
In the counterfeit version, much more milk comes out of the jug.
Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer.
Solemn framework
In this case the difference will be very subtle and you will have to be careful. In the fake version, the man in the background near the door raises his arm higher than in the original.
Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez.
Simple picture
For this painting, it will be very easy to identify the counterfeit version. In the fake, in fact, the boy depicted has longer and thicker hair and a fringe that completely covers his forehead.
Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy.
Intense picture
This painting is sold by Volpolo by separating the left half from the right half. As for the left half, it will be easy to recognize the fake since the figure depicted will be green instead of white. Reverse speech for the right half. In the original, in fact, the figure is green and in the fake it will be white.
Folding screen by Fujin and Raijin by Tawaraya Sotatsu.
Detailed picture
Also for this painting it is very easy to recognize the fake, since in the latter the color of the foliage will be purple and not blue.
Ajisai Sokeizu by Ito Jakuchu.
All the other paintings sold by Volpolo do not, however, have a fake version, so you can easily buy them.
This is our guide to fake paintings in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Have you already bought them? Did Volpolo manage to cheat you? We hope this guide will help you and that you can continue to enjoy Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
► Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a Simulation-type game developed and published by Nintendo for Nintendo Switch, the video game was released on 20/03/2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a beautiful game that cannot be missing from your collection: we have decided to evaluate it with a 85%, if you are interested in learning more you can read the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review
