This item was identified by Stefanie Groener from Torino, Italy.
According to the Christie's Catalogue, this is:
LOT 752 - TWO OIL PAINTINGS FROM THE STARSHIP DEFIANT RECREATION ROOM
Two color inkjet canvas prints mounted on foam board, one depicting the Starship Defiant, the other depicting the British warship for which the spacecraft was named, both framed, both -- 40x27in. -- these paintings hung in Star Trek: The Original Series-style Starship Defiant recreation room set in "In A Mirror Darkly, Part II" in Star Trek: Enterprise
Estimate:
$200-300
As we said, it's clearly the U.S.S Defiant, so thank you everyone who offered that answer, but that wasn't enough. Stefanie included a picture from the episode showing Archer interrogating T'Pol in the briefing room, and this painting was hanging on the wall there.
Jeff Yantch from Rochester, New York gave a very thorough background for the image, including a reference to the Deep Space Nine mirror-universe episodes. Nick Oswald from Hudson, Michigan wrote a concise synopsis of the entire two-part episode. Others that responded correctly in the first hour this appeared included Samu Setanen from Koylio, Finland, Carl Herard from Bowdoinham, Maine, and Peter J. Madarasz from Waldkirch, Germany.
Aaron Deskin from Seattle, Washington suspects "that some people playing this game are cheating by using the Christie's catalog..." We considered that, but since you have to a) own the catalog and b) look through the 1000 lots to find the item, it seemed reasonable to allow those entries.
As it turns out, most of the recognized correct first identifications seem to have come from fans (like Stefanie) who do NOT have the catalogue - they're just super Star Trek sleuths!
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