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The wistful painting (すてきなめいが, stekinameiga?, stylish masterpiece) is a painting that was introduced in City Folk and returns in New Leaf and New Horizons, and can be collected by Happy Home Handbook in Happy Home Designer, perhaps after the popularity of a novel and film featuring this painting. In New Horizons, the painting can be donated to the museum and be added to the art gallery. As this painting can be bought from Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler, players should keep in mind that they may be purchasing a forgery. The painting is Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.

This painting can be bought from Crazy Redd's in later games, players should bear in mind that they may be purchasing a counterfeit.

Painting information[]

Item Name Buy Price Sell Price Available From
Wistful painting (City Folk) & (New Leaf) WistfulpaintingcfWistful painting 3,920 490 Crazy Redd
Wistful painting (New Horizons) 4,980 Bells 1,245 Bells Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler

Donation to the museum[]

After donating it to the museum, a museum label will give a description of the painting. In New Horizons, the museum label reads:

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer, circa 1665
Oil on canvas

Also known as "Girl with a Turban," this piece uses ultramarin paint, which was expensive at the time. It seems the expense was worth it, as the vivid blue colors draw the eye and help make the piece a classic. The only question is... Is that a real pearl earring? Or something else...

  • Note: Prior to New Leaf, paintings did not have visual differences between forged and genuine versions. Therefore, paintings given to Blathers were fake or authentic at random.

Authenticity[]

In New Leaf[]

The woman in the fake painting is wearing an orange headband, while in the real painting, it is blue.
Forgery
Genuine
Wistful Painting (forgery)
Int art fine


New Horizons[]

In the forgery, her earring is a star instead of a round pearl, and sometimes her eyes are closed.
Forgery
Genuine
NH-Wistful painting forgery
NH-Wistful painting


In Happy Home Designer[]

Wistful Painting HHD Icon
Wistful Painting (counterfeit) HHD Icon

After Day 9 in game, go to the saving place and sit down at your desk. Pick the "Study the handbook" option, you can complete "Art Collection" lesson with 1 play coins. It adds 33 pieces of artworks and 22 forgeries to your collection.

Further Information[]

Main article: Girl with a Pearl Earring on Wikipedia

In other languages[]

Wistful painting
Language Name Translation
Japan Japanese すてきなめいが stekinameiga -
France French toile nacrée -
Spain Spanish retrato perla -
Germany German Perlengemälde -
Italy Italian quadro realista -
South Korea Korean 근사한 명화 -


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