Sep 29, 2021 17:00:00

The painting displayed in the 1 billion yen museum is judged to be fake by AI

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National Gallery

Technology development related to AI is progressing rapidly, and AI is being used in various fields such as sentence generation , sentence summarization , and detection of new coronavirus infections. Some AI can tell whether a painting is genuine or fake, and analysis using that AI has raised the possibility that the work that has been exhibited in the museum for many years is fake.

Was famed Samson and Delilah really painted by Rubens? No, says AI | Art and design | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/26/was-famed-samson-and-delilah-really-painted-by-rubens-no-says-ai

The painting judged to be fake by AI this time is 'Samson and Delilah ', which is said to have been drawn by the painter Peter Paul Rubens who was active in the 17th century. 'Samson and Delilah' was purchased by the National Gallery in London in 1980 for £ 2.5 million (current value is about £ 6.6 million, equivalent to about 1 billion yen), and it was talked about because of its high price. Since that time, some experts have pointed out the possibility of fake.

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National Gallery

Experts claiming to be fake cite the broken toes of Samson (male) as the basis. In fact, when I check the work that is said to be a print of 'Samson and Delilah' drawn by Rubens, the whole foot is drawn without interruption of the toes.

In addition, 'Samson and Delilah', which is placed in the painting

by Frans Francken, who was active at the same time as Rubens, is also drawn without interruption. It has been pointed out that the 'Samson and Delilah' purchased by the National Gallery is a fake, based on these differences in the range depicted and the differences in color compared to other works.

And newly, 'Samson and Delilah' was analyzed using the painting analysis AI developed by Art Recognition. This AI can scan multiple works that are supposed to be by the same painter, recognize the characteristics of the movement of the brush, and determine the possibility that each work was drawn by the same painter.

As a result of the analysis, the National Gallery's 'Samson and Delilah' was determined to be '91% fake.' 'I was shocked. I repeated the analysis to make sure it was correct, but the results were always the same,' said Karina Popovic, executive officer of Art Recognition. , Emphasizes the legitimacy of the analysis results.

A National Gallery spokeswoman told The Guardian that 'we cannot comment until the evidence is fully published and properly evaluated.'