How to find out who painted a picture thanks to Google images

1- Prepare your image on the computer.
Take a photo of the painting by unknown author. With an image editing program you can arrange the photo so that only the frame is visible, nothing around it and no flash lights in between.

2- You save the photo as JPG, standard image digital file.

3- Open the Google page: www.google.com and click the Images link (top and right) to access the photo search section.

4. You drag your photo from the computer window where you have saved it and drop it into the search box of the google page, in the internet browser.

5- You wait a bit while Google loads the photo and performs the search.

6- If you are lucky, Google will find similar images. If you are not lucky, it will amuse you by showing you photos of similar colors but that have nothing to do with it.

7- In the list that appears with the search results, you will see the thumbnail of the similar photos found. Follow the link of the photos that looks like your image. On the pages where these photos are inserted you will find information about the author and painting.

Many times, looking at books, splendid pictures appear but the publisher of the book has not written the details of the author and the work. This system is perfect for finding information about a work art in the great Internet library.

For example, I did exactly the steps mentioned with this painting by Pieter Brueghel that appeared in a book but without any information about the painting.

Painting Brueguel, The delivery of the tithe.