ACNH Art Checklist: Real vs Fake Paintings & Statues

All 43 artworks in Animal Crossing: New Horizons with how to spot every forgery, the real artwork each is based on, and donation tracking.

Academic painting (Vitruvian Man): A coffee stain in the top-right corner gives the fake away. The genuine drawing is spotless there.
Amazing painting (The Night Watch): Find the man dressed in black at the centre of the crowd. The genuine painting gives him a black hat; on the fake his head is bare.
Ancient statue (Jōmon Period "Dogū" Figurine Shakōki-dogū): The real figure has a smooth head, while the fake has two little antennae sticking up from the top. A fake on display also has glowing eyes at night.
Basic painting (The Blue Boy): Look at his hair. The fake boy has a bowl cut with a heavy fringe hanging over his forehead. The real boy's hair is wavy and has no thick fringe.
Beautiful statue (Venus de Milo): Check her neck. The fake is decked out in necklaces, while the genuine goddess has nothing around her throat.
Calm painting (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte): Good news: Redd never forges this one, so any copy on his boat is genuine and safe to buy.
Common painting (The Gleaners): There is no fake of this piece. Whenever Redd has it in stock, you can buy it without checking.
Detailed painting (Ajisai Sōkeizu): Check the hydrangeas. Blue blooms mean it is genuine; purple ones mean a fake. The fake is also missing the artist's stamp and signature.
Dynamic painting (Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji The Great Wave off Kanagawa): Redd only ever sells the real version of this print, so it is always a safe purchase.
Familiar statue (The Thinker): No forgery exists, so the statue Redd offers is always the genuine article. Buy it whenever you see it.
Famous painting (Mona Lisa): Focus on her eyebrows. The fake's are easy to see and lifted high on her forehead. The genuine portrait's brows are faint and relaxed, so you barely notice them.
Flowery painting (Sunflowers): This one never comes as a fake. If it is on Redd's boat, it is real.
Gallant statue (David): Check his side. The fake David has a book clamped under his arm against his hip. The genuine statue carries no book at all.
Glowing painting (The Fighting Temeraire): Redd has no forgery of this painting, so you can buy it without a second look.
Graceful painting (Beauty Looking Back): Compare the size of the figure. The fake woman is blown up until she fills the whole frame, while the genuine leaves space around her. A displayed fake sometimes turns her head the other way.
Great statue (King Kamehameha I): Redd only stocks the genuine statue, so it is always safe to buy.
Informative statue (Rosetta Stone): Colour is the giveaway. The real slab is a plain grey stone, while the fake is blue. A fake on display also glows once night falls.
Jolly painting (Summer): Look at the chest near the lower right. The genuine has a spiky artichoke sprouting there like a buttonhole flower. On the fake that artichoke is gone.
Moody painting (The Sower): There is no forged version, so any copy Redd offers is the real thing.
Motherly statue (Capitoline Wolf): Look at the wolf's mouth. A tongue lolling out means a fake; the genuine wolf keeps hers in.
Moving painting (The Birth of Venus): Look behind the woman holding out the cloak on the right. The genuine has tall trees there. The fake shows open sky instead, with flowers drifting through it.
Mysterious painting (Isle of the Dead): Always genuine: Redd never sells a fake of this one, so snap it up.
Mystic statue (Bust of Nefertiti): Zoom in on her right ear, which is on your left as you face her. A small earring there means a fake; the genuine bust wears no earring.
Nice painting (The Fifer): No fake exists for this painting, so it is safe to buy every time.
Perfect painting (Apples and Oranges): Redd only sells this still life in its genuine form. Buy with confidence.
Proper painting (A Bar at the Folies-Bergère): There is no forgery of this piece, so whatever Redd shows you is genuine.
Quaint painting (The Milkmaid): Study the milk leaving the jug. The real maid pours a fine, thin stream; on the fake it gushes out thick and bright.
Robust statue (Discobolus): Zoom in on the right hand gripping the discus. A wristwatch on that wrist marks a fake; the genuine athlete wears nothing there.
Rock-head statue (Olmec Colossal Head): Read the expression. The fake's mouth turns up into a faint grin, while the genuine head keeps a straight, serious face.
Scary painting (Ōtani Oniji the 3rd as Yakko Edobei): Check the eyebrows. On the fake they slant up towards the middle, so he looks worried rather than fierce. A fake on display also breaks into a grin from time to time.
Scenic painting (The Hunters in the Snow): Count the hunters walking with the dogs in the bottom-left corner. The genuine shows two of them; the fake has just one.
Serene painting (Lady with an Ermine): Check the ermine. The genuine animal is pure white, while the fake's fur is patched with dark markings.
Sinking painting (Ophelia): Redd never forges this painting, so it is always safe to buy.
Solemn painting (Las Meninas): Find the man standing in the bright doorway at the back. In the genuine his arm disappears behind the curtain; on the fake his right arm is lifted in a wave.
Tremendous statue (Houmuwu Ding): Peer at the top of the vessel. A lid sitting on it means you are looking at a fake; the genuine ding is open at the top.
Twinkling painting (The Starry Night): This one is always real. Redd has no fake of it, so buy it whenever it appears.
Valiant statue (Nike of Samothrace): Check which leg leads. The genuine steps forward on her right leg. The fake is a mirror image, with her left leg in front instead.
Warm painting (The Clothed Maja): No forgery exists, so the copy on Redd's boat is always the genuine piece.
Warrior statue (Terracotta Army): A shovel in his hands means a fake. The genuine soldier holds no tool at all.
Wild painting left half (Folding Screen of Fūjin and Raijin (L)): This half shows Raijin, who is white on the genuine screen. On the fake he is green. An easy rule: white god on the left, green god on the right.
Wild painting right half (Folding Screen of Fūjin and Raijin (R)): This half shows Fūjin, who is green on the genuine screen. On the fake he is white. An easy rule: white god on the left, green god on the right.
Wistful painting (Girl with a Pearl Earring): Check her earring. The genuine shows a round pearl; the fake swaps it for a star shape. A fake on display also blinks every so often.
Worthy painting (Liberty Leading the People): Redd only ever sells the genuine version, so it is a guaranteed safe buy.