Animal Crossing: New Horizons Art Guide

An Animal Crossing: New Horizons art guide is just what the community needs right now.

Players may find themselves rushing to complete an extra museum wing alongside the newest update—version 1.2. Crazy "Jolly" Redd returns to Animal Crossing selling his authentically-questionable wares for purchase and display. It's up to you to determine the veracity of each fine arts piece and whether or not Blathers will accept it into the museum. Fortunately, there's almost always a tell that clues you in.

Here's a quick guide to all the art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Art Guide

There are over 40 pieces that can be found and displayed in your museum art wing. These range from famous paintings to sculptures of different cultures all around the world. You may even find some interesting artifacts along the way.

1. "Academic Painting" (Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci)

Check the corner. It will have a coffee mug stain on the upper right corner if fake.

2. "Amazing Painting" (The Night Watch by Rembrandt Van Rijn)

The man in the front should be wearing hat. Fake versions will have the hat removed.

3. "Ancient Statue" (Jomon Period "Dogu" Figurine Shakoki-Dogu)

Fake versions will have two antennas coming from the side of its head.

4. "Basic Painting" (The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough)

The original boy only has a small lock of hair on his forehead. Fake versions of this painting give him full bangs.

5. "Beautiful Statue" (Venus De Milo by Alexandros of Antioch)

Fake versions will have Venus wearing a necklace.

6. "Calm Painting" (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat)

This painting has no fake version. It is always real.

7. "Common Painting" (The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet)

This painting is always real.

8. "Detailed Painting" (Ajisai Sokeizu by Ito Jakuchu)

The original has blue blossoms while the fake will change them to purple. It will also be missing its signature.

9. "Dynamic Painting" (Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji the Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai)

This artwork is always real.

10. "Familiar Statue" (The Thinker by Auguste Rodin)

This statue is always real.

11. "Famous Painting" (Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci)

The real Mona Lisa does not have defined eyebrows.

12. "Flowery Painting" (Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh)

This painting is always authentic.

13. "Gallant Statue" (David by Michelaneglo)

The fake statue will be carrying a book under its relaxed arm.

14. "Glowing Painting" (The Fighting Temeraire by Joseph Mallord William Turner)

This piece of artwork is always real.

15. "Graceful Painting" (Beauty Looking Back by Hishikawa Moronobu)

Take note of her size and the direction she's facing. Fake versions will have her larger or facing the opposite direction.

16. "Great Statue" (King Kamehameha I by Thomas Ridgeway Gould)

This statue is always authentic.

17. "Informative Statue" (Rosetta Stone)

Fake versions will be bright blue.

18. "Jolly Painting" (Summer by Giuseppe Arcimboldo)

This painting features a man's profile made of fruits and vegetables. The real version has an extra sprout coming up from his chest. Fake versions will have this space vacant.

19. "Moving Painting" (The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli)

There should be a tree in the upper right corner. Fake versions will have the tree missing, leaving only the open sky.

20. "Moody Painting" (The Sower by Jean-François Millet)

This piece is always genuine.

21. "Motherly Statue" (Capitoline Wolf)

The original wolf does not have a lolling tongue sticking out of her mouth.

22. "Mysterious Painting" (Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin)

This artwork is always authentic.

23. "Mystic Statue" (Bust of Nefertiti by Thutmose)

The real bust doesn't have an earring on its right ear.

24. "Nice Painting" (The Fifer by Édouard Manet)

The painting is always real.

25. "Perfect Painting" (Apples and Oranges by Paul Cézanne)

This one is always genuine.

26. "Proper Painting" (A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet)

This work is always authentic.

27. "Quaint Painting" (The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer)

The original only has a small stream of milk flowing from the jug. If the stream appears more like a waterfall then you've got yourself a fake.

28. "Robust Statue" (Discobolus)

Fake versions have a watch on its raised arm.

29. "Rock-Head Statue" (Olmec Colossal)

The original is not smiling.

30. "Scary Painting" (Otani Oniji the 3rd as Yakko Edobei by Toshusai Sharaku)

If his eyebrows are upside-down, creating a sorrowful or worried expression, the image is a fake.

31. "Scenic Painting" (The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Brueghel the Elder)

There are two hunters surrounded by hounds on the cliff. If one is missing, it's a fake.

32. "Serene Panting" (Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo Da Vinci)

Her ermine (the weasel-looking animal) is pure white. Any color variant denotes a fake.

33. "Sinking Painting" (Ophelia by John Everett Millais)

This work is always authentic.

34. "Solemn Painting" (Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez)

This one is difficult to spot. In the back, there is a man standing far in the back. Fake versions will have his whole arm visible upright while the real version keeps is hand hidden.

35. "Tremendous Statue" (Houmuwu Ding)

There is no lid on the authentic version.

36. "Twinkling Painting" (The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh)

This piece is always real.

37. "Valiant Statue" (Nike of Samothrace)

Fake versions will have Nike's left leg forward while in the real version its reversed.

38. "Warm Painting" (The Clothed Maja by Francisco De Goya)

This one is always real and has no variants.

39. "Warrior Statue" (Terracotta Warrior)

The real version of this will have nothing in its hands likely due to eras-old damage. Fake versions have the statue holding a shovel.

40. "Wild Painting Left Half" (The Folding Screen of Fujin and Raijin by Tawaraya Sōtatsu)

The god should be colored white. Fake versions have him in green.

41. "Wild Painting Right Half" (The Folding Screen of Fujin and Raijin by Tawaraya Sōtatsu)

The god should be green. Fake versions have him colored white.

42. "Wistful Painting" (Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer)

This image depicts a young woman staring "wistfully" into the frame while wearing a circular earring as the focus. If her expression or the shape of her earring changes—it's a fake.

43. "Worthy Painting" (Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix)

This piece is always genuine.