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 > [log in to unmask]