Oh Redd…this sneaky little turd. With the newest update, he’ll randomly come visit your island on a boat. You’ll first encounter him wandering around on your island, but after that, you’ll need to grab your ladder and go to the small beach at the top of your map; that’s where he’ll be docking his boat. You’ll know he’s in town because Isabelle will mention a shady salesman is in town during the announcements.
Redd sells paintings and statues, and you want to find the real ones to display in the museum. The catch is that you can only purchase one painting or statue from Redd per visit, and there’s a good chance he’s selling you a fake. The fakes cannot be sold at Nook’s or displayed in the museum, so you’re stuck with them. You can display them in your house or give them as a gift to a friend though. It’s worth noting that the first time you speak with Redd, he’ll offer you a painting for almost half a million bells, when you say no, he’ll lower the price to about 5,000. Do buy this one, his first painting will always be a real one. Take it to the museum and donate it, that will initiate the remodeling of the museum to include the art gallery.
When purchasing a painting or a statue, the inside of the ship is pretty dark. Luckily, you have the option to take a closer look before purchasing so that you don’t accidentally give this turd all your bells for a piece of shit fake ass piece of art.
I’ve included an alphabetical list of each painting and statue along with the real names of the art and how to tell the difference between the reals and the fakes.
paintings
Real
Fake
Academic Painting: Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci
The fake has a coffee ring in the upper right hand corner.
Amazing Painting: The Night Watch by Rembrandt
The fake removes the black hat from the man in the center.
Basic Painting: The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough
The fake has a full set of bangs on the boy.
Calm Painting: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
No fake for this one!
Common Painting: The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet.
No fake for this one!
Detailed Painting: Rooster and Hen with Hydrangeas by Ito Jakuchu.
The fake has purple flowers.
Dynamic Painting: Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai.
No fake for this one!
Famous Painting: The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
The fake has added some expressive eyebrows.
Flowery Painting: Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh.
No fake for this one!
Glowing Painting: The Fighting Temeraire by Joseph Mallord William Turner.
No fake for this one!
Graceful Painting: Beauty Looking Back by Hishikawa Moronobu.
The fake has the woman taking up most of the canvas, the real one has more empty space above her.
Jolly Painting: Summer by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
The fake removes the flower coming from the figure’s chest in the bottom right corner.
Moody Painting: The Sower by Jean-François Millet.
No fake for this one!
Moving Painting: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli.
The fake omits the tress in the background on the right side.
Mysterious Painting: Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin.
No fake for this one!
Nice Painting: Young Flautist or The Fifer by Édouard Manet.
No fake for this one!
Perfect Painting: Apples and Oranges by Paul Cézanne.
No fake for this one!
Proper Painting: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère – Édouard Manet.
No fake for this one!
Quaint Painting: The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer.
The fake has a wider stream of milk pouring from the jug.
Scary Painting: Ōtani Oniji III as the manservant Edobei by Toshusai Sharaku.
The fake has the eyebrows upside down.
Sceneic Painting: The Hunters in the Snow by Peiter Bruegel.
The fake omits two hunters in between the tress on the left side.
Serene Painting: Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci.
The fake has the coloring of the ermine more gray, the real one will be more white.
Sinking Painting: Ophelia by John Everett Millais.
No fake for this one!
Solumn Painting: Las Meninas by Diego Velasquesz.
The fake has the man in the doorway in background pointing upwards, in the real one, he’s reaching more forwards than upwards.
Twinkling Painting: The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh.
No fake for this one!
Warm Painting: The Clothed Maja by Francisco De Goya.
No fake for this one!
Wild Painting (Left): Wind God and Thunder God by Tawaraya Sōtatsu.
The fake will have the creature in a green color, in the real one he is white.
Wild Painting (Right): Wind God and Thunder God by Tawaraya Sōtatsu.
The fake will have the creature in white, in the real one he is green.
Wistful Painting: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.
The fake changes the pearl earring into a star shape.
Worthy Painting: Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix.
No fake for this one!
Statues
Real
Fake
Ancient Statue: Dogū by Unknown.
The fake will add antenna to the sides of the figure’s head.
Beautiful Statue: Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch.
The fake one is wearing a necklace.
Familiar Statue: The Thinker by Auguste Rodin.
No fake for this one!
Gallant Statue: David by Michelangelo.
The fake has a book tucked under his arm on the left side.
Great Statue: King Kamehameha I by Thomas R. Gould.
No fake for this one!
Informative Statue: Rosetta Stone by Unknown.
The fake will be blue.
Motherly Statue: The Capitoline Wolf.
The fake has a tongue hanging out of the figures mouth.
Mystic Statue: Bust of Nefertiti by Thutmose.
The fake is wearing an earring.
Robust Statue: The Discobolus of Myron.
The fake is wearing a watch on his throwing arm.
Rock-Head Statue: Olmec Colossal Head by Unknown.
The fake is smiling.
Tremendous Statue: Houmuwu Ding by Unknown.
The fake has a lid.
Valiant Statue: Nike of Samothrace by Unknown.
The fake has the figure’s left leg forward.
Warrior Statue: Emperor Qinshihuang’s Terracotta Army.
The fake is holding a shovel.
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