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Flat Figures Painters Forum => Review Section => Topic started by: marko on March 13, 2025, 04:28:24 PM

Title: Some Thiel Napoleionics
Post by: marko on March 13, 2025, 04:28:24 PM

Interesting set of French cavalry soldiers picked up on Ebay Germany after cleaning.  The top 4 are definitely Thiel with the remainder possibly Frauendorf or .....

Interestingly the 4 Thiel marked which are on the Top Row- T458c, T459c, 460c and  461c are not in the Michael Knoll archive on this site:

https://www.intflatfigures.org/index.php?topic=3852.0 (https://www.intflatfigures.org/index.php?topic=3852.0)

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Here is a nice example painted by Gianmarco Zannoni from Bisutulfi's site

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The remainder have a variety of base shapes: 

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with the marking JF on 3 of them - Fraunendorf perhaps.

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Show a JF, D3  and 2692c, JM and K  DJ286

Obviously some of them have seen better days but, as the Gianmarco picture shows there is the possibility of magic.

mark

Title: Re: Some Thiel Napoleionics
Post by: John Alberts on March 14, 2025, 10:18:07 AM

Incredible painting!

Title: Re: Some Thiel Napoleionics
Post by: snagy on March 14, 2025, 10:40:59 AM

I have to take sides with JBA, the paintwork of Gianmarco Zanoni is outstandingly nice!
I particularly like the steed: it is one of the best I have ever seen - the rendering of the shines is beautiful.
Mark, would it be possible to get a larger picture, to see the detailes a bit closer?
Sandor

Title: Re: Some Thiel Napoleionics
Post by: marko on March 14, 2025, 01:13:49 PM

Even more laudable when you consider the figures which are not first class engravings.  As far as the picture - and I agree the work is stunning - all I can do is point you go my source on Gianpolo's great site:


http://www.zinnfiguren-bistulfi.com/tanti_pittori.html (http://www.zinnfiguren-bistulfi.com/tanti_pittori.html)


mark