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  • Provenance exhibition shows challenges of tracing the path of ownership of artwork

    May 9, 2017 8:30 am by Jodi HeckelResearch
    A new exhibition at Krannert Art Museum, “Provenance: A Forensic History of Art,” will show how researchers trace the history of artwork, including examining export stamps on the artwork, as illustrated by a painting in Krannert’s collection, “Portrait of an Unidentified Man” by Moretto da Brescia.

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    • A new exhibition at Krannert Art Museum, “Provenance: A Forensic History of Art,” will show how researchers trace the history of artwork, including examining export stamps on the artwork, as illustrated by a painting in Krannert’s collection, “Portrait of an Unidentified Man” by Moretto da Brescia.

    Provenance of a historical object or work of art is important both to authenticate the object and to ensure that ownership is legal and the object was not looted.