Recent Facebook marketplace find. No signature. Appears to be oil paint on some sort of dense manufactured panel, not wood. Google lense shows a couple other examples on canvas with differing amounts of cats.
Hoping that someone may be able to provide some insight on age. And if there are any recommendations for straightening it out a little (see cupping in pictures), I would greatly appreciate it!
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When you do a Google image search you will find tons of exactly the same ones. I am going to say this is a mass produced factory painting until someone here proves me wrong.
There are a few similar ones, and they all point to late 19th century which is appropriate imo.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/antique-naive-kitten-painting-signed-oil-canvas-1362-c-936419381c
https://ebay.us/m/AzDf7q
It might be created in a studio back in the days, but it’s quite different from modern mass production.
Agreed. This is at least 100 years old.