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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