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Does anyone know...

posted 11 years ago by karmala2
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A friend asked me to pose this question here. Can anyone shed some light? Thanks.

What is the painting in the scene where Bill Hayden follows George Smiley into his house and admires 2 pictures hanging in Smiley’s living room. The first one (an etching) Hayden identifies as a “Callo” but doesn’t ask or mention the painter of the second, which appears to be the scene of an English landscape.

"I told you a million times not to talk to me when I'm doing my lashes"!

[–] karmala2 10 years ago

Still asking...

I told you a million times not to talk to me when I'm doing my lashes!

[–] 10 years ago

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[–] !!!deleted!!! (41638798) 10 years ago

Alas, I just picked up the book at the library yesterday...and am HOPING that the narrative in the book will solve various questions resulting from the filmed version.

Film at 11......reading.....reading...

One am hoping to solve is the Cailleux painting question---perhaps the book explains it. (That and many questions that resulted from the filmed version.)

[–] amyghost 10 years ago

I deleted my earlier post, because I've found the source artist for the etching:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callot

I haven't found the precise image, but a quick look at some of his work suggests Jacques Callot is the man:

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&q=j acques+callot&gbv=2&oq=jacques+callot&gs_l=img.12...2215.5 756.0.8081.14.4.0.10.10.0.140.468.0j4.4.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.34.img..8. 6.468.emGktXzYQg8

I still haven't been able to source the painting, but a probable guess is that it's by an artist contemporaneous with Callot.

[–] karmala2 10 years ago

Thank you. I responded to your PM. I haven't looked here in a while...

I told you a million times not to talk to me when I'm doing my lashes!

[–] amyghost 10 years ago

I'll still continue to look for the painting. You've got me intrigued now, lol, and I love a good puzzle.

When and if I find anything, I'll let you know.

[–] karmala2 10 years ago

Thanks so much!

I told you a million times not to talk to me when I'm doing my lashes!