I have an antique oil painting we purchased pre-divorce in an estate auction in Virginia in the 1990's. We were told it is from the 1600's. I found an appraiser here in Austin that said they would evaluate it, but they want $750 to look at it. Is there a better way to have it looked at? Thanks for any guidance, I don't know much about art

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Thank you, much appreciated

If you know the name of the artist you can subscribe to AskArt or some similar site for a month, research your piece, then cancel. They list many artists and many types of art. No guarantee you'll find yours on this site but there's a pretty good chance. https://www.askart.com/index.aspx

rule #1'ish?