Determining the Authenticity of Jolly Redd’s Art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

One of the unique characters you can encounter on your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Jolly Redd, a sly fox who was previously known as Crazy Redd in earlier titles. He made his debut in the 1.2.0 update back in April 2020 and continues to play a significant role even with the Switch 2 and the 3.0 update. Redd introduced a major gameplay element: art! Just like fish, bugs, and fossils, you can donate art to the museum once it has been upgraded—but only if the art is authentic. As a crafty fox, Redd often sells counterfeit pieces, which you can’t donate. This makes it essential to have a sharp eye for distinguishing between real and fake art. Currently, there are 43 genuine art pieces in New Horizons, featuring classic paintings, statues, and a few ancient artifacts. Below, we’ll guide you on how to identify real art from fakes and provide a complete list of all the art available in the game.

**How to Buy Art from Redd**
Jolly Redd appears randomly as one of the special visitors to your island, but he won’t show up immediately. First, you need to donate at least 60 items (fish, bugs, or fossils) to the museum. After that, when you chat with Blathers, he’ll express a desire to expand the museum to include an art wing. The following day, Redd will arrive in his Treasure Trawler boat. On his first visit, he’ll roam around like other visitors and offer you a piece of art without you needing to inspect it first. This initial piece should be genuine, allowing you to donate it to Blathers to trigger the museum upgrade. On his second visit, you’ll need to speak with him to gain access to his boat, which will be docked at the “secret” beach on the north side of your island. After that, you can board his boat freely on subsequent visits. An icon representing his boat will appear on your map on days he’s around. While on Redd’s boat, you can examine the art before making a purchase—this is where the images below will be useful. Each piece of art, whether real or fake, costs 4,980 bells. You can only buy one piece per day, but you can purchase art on friends’ islands, and they can buy from yours, provided they haven’t already made a purchase that day. This is particularly handy when Redd has two legitimate pieces for sale! Since Redd visits randomly, he may not show up on the same day as your friends, allowing you to coordinate purchases and speed up your art collection.

**How to Spot Fake Art**
The art in Animal Crossing is inspired by real-world masterpieces, such as van Gogh’s The Starry Night, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and Hokusai’s The Great Wave. You’ll likely recognize some of the pieces available, and for those you don’t, we’ve included details about the original works and their artists. The key to identifying a forgery is to compare the art with its real-world counterpart. Look for discrepancies in focal points, such as the pearl earring in The Girl with a Pearl Earring or the eyebrows of the Mona Lisa. Colors, facial features, and clothing may also differ. Some paintings don’t have fake versions at all, so if it looks accurate, it might just be the real deal. Below are side-by-side comparisons of the genuine and counterfeit art that Jolly Redd sells. The paintings are listed alphabetically, followed by statues and artifacts, with notes on pieces that lack a fake version.

**All the Art in New Horizons**
Here’s a complete list of all the art you can buy from Jolly Redd in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including the real-life art they’re based on and tips for spotting the fakes (if applicable). We’ll be adding images of all the art as we gather them.

– **Academic Painting**: The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci – The fake has coffee stains in the top right corner.
– **Amazing Painting**: The Night Watch by Rembrandt – The man in the front and center is missing his hat in the fake.
– **Basic Painting**: The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough – The boy has heavy, straight-across bangs in the fake.
– **Calm Painting**: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat – There is no fake!
– **Common Painting**: The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet – There is no fake!
– **Detailed Painting**: Rooster and Hen with Hydrangeas by Itō Jakuchū – The flowers are purple in the fake; they should be blue.
– **Dynamic Painting**: The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai – There is no fake!
– **Famous Painting**: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci – The fake has arched, contoured eyebrows.
– **Flowery Painting**: Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh – There is no fake!
– **Glowing Painting**: The Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner – There is no fake!
– **Graceful Painting**: Beauty Looking Back by Hishikawa Moronobu – The woman should take up two-thirds of the height; in the fake, she’s much taller.
– **Jolly Painting**: Summer by Guiseppe Arcimboldo – The real painting has a leaf coming out of the subject’s chest in the bottom right corner.
– **Moody Painting**: The Sower by Jean-François Millet – There is no fake!
– **Moving Painting**: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli – The real painting has tall trees on the right; the fake is missing them.
– **Mysterious Painting**: Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin – There is no fake!
– **Nice Painting**: The Fifer by Édouard Manet – There is no fake!
– **Perfect Painting**: Still Life with Apples and Oranges by Paul Cézanne – There is no fake!
– **Proper Painting**: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet – There is no fake!
– **Quaint Painting**: The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer – The fake has a solid stream of water from the pitcher; the real one has just a trickle.
– **Scary Painting**: Ōtani Oniji the 3rd as Yakko Edobei by Tōshūsai Sharaku – The fake has worried eyebrows (angled down) instead of angry ones.
– **Scenic Painting**: The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder – The fake has one man; the real painting has two.
– **Serene Painting**: Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci – The ermine looks like a duck in the fake; the real one is all white.
– **Sinking Painting**: Ophelia by John Everett Millais – There is no fake!
– **Solemn Painting**: Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez – The fake has the man lifting his arm; in the real painting, he’s holding open a curtain.
– **Twinkling Painting**: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh – There is no fake!
– **Warm Painting**: The Clothed Maja by Francisco Goya – There is no fake!
– **Wild Painting Left Half**: Wind God and Thunder God by Tawaraya Sōtatsu – The creature should be white; in the fake, it’s green.
– **Wild Painting Right Half**: Wind God and Thunder God by Tawaraya Sōtatsu – The creature should be green; in the fake, it’s white.
– **Wistful Painting**: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer – The fake has a large, silver star earring instead of a pearl.

– **Ancient Statue**: Dogū statue from prehistoric Japan – The fake has antennae near its head.
– **Beautiful Statue**: Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch – The fake is wearing a necklace.
– **Familiar Statue**: The Thinker by Auguste Rodin – There is no fake!
– **Gallant Statue**: David by Michelangelo – The fake is holding a book under one arm.
– **Great Statue**: King Kamehameha by Thomas R. Gould – There is no fake!
– **Informative Statue**: The Rosetta Stone – The fake is bright blue; the real one is a more realistic gray.
– **Motherly Statue**: Capitoline Wolf – The fake has the wolf’s tongue hanging out.
– **Mystic Statue**: Bust of Nefertiti – The fake has a dangly earring.
– **Robust Statue**: Discobolus by Myron – The fake is wearing a watch on his right hand.
– **Rock-Head Statue**: Olmec Colossal Head 1 – The fake is smiling.
– **Tremendous Statue**: Houmuwu ding – The fake has a lid; the real statue is open with no lid.
– **Valiant Statue**: The Winged Victory of Samothrace – The fake has the statue stepping forward with its left foot; the real one steps forward with its right.
– **Warrior Statue**: Terracotta Army soldier – The fake is holding a shovel; the real one is holding nothing.