Full list of “Animal Crossing New Horizons” of real and fake Redd The Fox paintings

Unless you’ve done a lot of art history polls in college, you’re going to have a hard time Animal Crossing: New Horizons. There’s a character returning to town called Redd the Fox, a shadowy character who sells famous artwork from a low-light tracker that is parked on the north side of the island. Some famous works of art, at least: also some fakes. Every day, Redd will sell four pieces of art, one real and three fake. It is up to you to spot the difference.

Doing so will be phenomenally difficult without the help of a guide, so we are here to help. The following was compiled from a variety of sources, and it looks like there could be multiple variations on the fake paintings that exist. In the list below, I put the actual painting and its name in-game, along with a description of what you’ll see with confirmed fakes. I’m pretty sure these are all, but I’ll update if new paints are discovered.

Stay tuned for the statues tomorrow.

First of all, the following paintings are always real. There is no counterfeit, so if you see one of these in your store, go ahead and buy one:

• Scintillating paint
• Dynamic painting
• Quiet painting
• Flowery painting
• Bright paint
• Hot paint
• Changing paint
• Dignified painting
• Sinking paint
• Cute painting
• Suitable paint
• Mysterious painting
• Perfect paint

The following paintings have a fake version, so be careful. The image shown below will always be the actual version.

Serene painting – Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo Da Vinci.

You want to see the ermine in this one. The false ermine is gray and white, the real ermine is all white.

Academic Painting – Vitruvian man by Leonardo Da Vinci

One of the easiest to detect. The fake has a big coffee stain in the upper right corner, the real no.

Famous painting – Mona Lisaby Leonardo Da Vinci

Another easy one, especially for how famous the painting is. The fake paint has clearly raised eyebrows, the real paint does not.

Melancholic painting –The girl with a pearl earring by Johannes Vermeer

An easy one if you know the title, which you might know. The fake painting has a star-shaped earring, the real painting has a pearl earring.

Elegant paintingBeauty looking back by Hishikawa Moronobu

There are several reported fake paintings for this one, so check to see if it looks like the one above. The fake paintings lack a distinctive white label on the woman’s shoulder, and feature a much larger figure, taking up almost the entire height of the frame. The fake figure could also be looking to the left. Look for a small figure, facing right, with a white label on the shoulder.

Cheerful painting Summer by Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Ignore the face, which is the most interesting part of the painting. Instead, look down at the figure’s chest. The missing painting will be missing an artichoke-like stem coming out of the chest, the real one will have the stem shown above.

Painting in motionThe birth of venus by Sandro Botticelli

A fairly easy and famous painting. I feel that the Italian Renaissance is very well represented in this game. The missing painting is missing a large group of trees on the right side that are present in the real one. Look for a bunch of trees to spot the real one.

Picturesque paintingThe milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer

Another Vermeer, interesting to see which artists appear more than once. In the fake painting, the woman is pouring a large amount of milk. The actual painting only has a trickle.

Scary painting Portrait of Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobe by Toshusai Sharaku

You can guess this by the name. In the fake paint, the eyebrows are arched, and it doesn’t look so scary. He looks much more terrifying in the actual painting, with raised eyebrows.

Wild painting, left half God of wind and thunder by Ogata Korin

One of the pieces from various parts of the collection. The fake painting will have a green skin deity, the real painting will have a white skin deity. For the left half, look for white skin.

Wild painting, right halfGod of wind and thunder by Ogata Korin

Wouldn’t you know? It is the opposite of the other. Fake paint will have green skin, and real paint will have white skin. For the right half, look for green skin.

Basic paintingThe blue boy by Thomas Gainsborough

One of the most difficult to detect. You want to look at the hair: the fake paint has long, loose hair. The real one has much shorter hair. If your hair is shoulder length, don’t buy it.

Amazing paintingThe night watch by Remdrandt

Very difficult if you don’t know what you are looking for, easy if you know it. Look at the figure right in the center – the missing painting is missing a hat that is present in the actual painting. If the figure does not wear a hat, do not buy it.

Solemn painting Las Meninas by Diego Valasquez

Perhaps the hardest I have seen so far. You want to see the framed figure on a door just to the left of the central scene. In the fake painting, you are raising your hand at a relatively steep angle, around 45 degrees. In the actual painting, his arm is much closer to the line, though not straight.

Detailed painting—Ajisai Soekeizu by Ito Jakauchu

A very easy one if you know what to look for. Look at the color scheme on the tree: in the fake painting, all the flowers will be purple. In the actual painting, the flowers will be blue. Don’t buy purple flowers.

Scenic paintingHunters in the snow by Brueghel the Edler

A very simple one, although almost impossible if you are not looking at the real one. Look at the hunters in the lower right corner: the fake will be missing a hunter and some dogs. Look for two hunters and a healthy pack of dogs, as seen in the actual painting above.