I think it's just a copy, though I have not actually tried that either. Even the emotional paintings, if you make copies they lose their auras, so they become just paintings. I have masterpieces on all of the pop art paintings other than low level. I have nearly all masterpieces (and all of the available paintings) on Classics, Landscapes (can't really be sure I have all of these actually), and Realism paintings except low levels. I don't think you can get masterpieces on any of the emotional paintings, or at least I haven't yet. I have done about 500 large Realism paintings as L10 and there are 4 which I just cannot get as a Masterpiece.