Can anyone actually read this?

[Alex Franke]

In my continued attempt to finally stump the fine folks on this most excellent forum....

I have this cool oil/canvas painting of the Matterhorn, but I have no idea who might have painted it or when.

Anyone want to take a stab at reading this signature?

[cabinetman]

I'm not up on Sanskrit.
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[Alex Franke]

I'm not up on Sanskrit.
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No kidding... you'd think the artist would want his/her name to be recognizable.

[cabinetman]

No kidding... you'd think the artist would want his/her name to be recognizable.

Maybe his day job is/was writing prescriptions.
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[Bruce Cohen]

I'm not up on Sanskrit.
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Yo Cab,

Wrong again. It's Farsi, any fool knows that. Bet your second guess would have been quốc ngữ.

Bruce

[cabinetman]

Yo Cab,

Wrong again. It's Farsi, any fool knows that. Bet your second guess would have been quốc ngữ.

Bruce

Yeah, but which one?
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[cgallery]

Optimus Prime?

[Stytooner]

http://www.artistssignatures.com/

That link apparently charges a fee. Sorry about that.
This one doesn't though.
http://www.artarchiv.net/doku/artistsignatures.htm

[Norm in Fujino]

Some of it actually looks like Japanese katakana, but I can't read it all.