Hi,

I also tried locating the name Shamberk (and variations thereof) in the
Getty's on-line Union List of Artists Names Browser
(http://www..ahip.getty.edu/ulan_browser/) but to no avail.

Good luck with your search.

Paula Freedman
San Francisco

>    A local collector has come into the possession of an oil on canvas,
>20x24, painting by V. Shamberk.  Probably European.  Old.  (How old?
>hard to tell.)  plaster gilt frame.  Looks kind of like a Vermeer - maybe
>a student or a 19th century study.  Not listed in Thieme Becker, Benezit,
>Mallett, Melton Art Ref (24,000 artists).  Any ideas?
>     Diane Brenner, Anchorage Museum
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