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If you own a painting and want to know if it's a copy or an original, we can answer the question for you thoroughly and rapidly. We have an extensive knowledge of art history, comparative analysis, and high-tech tests for determining the age and origin of a painting.
Differentiating between originals and legitimate copies is often a matter of subtleties. It takes a practiced eye and systematic methods. It often means a willingness to go that extra mile and use the most advanced scientific and forensic methods. Our experts analyze the question of originality using the most high-tech tests possible, combined with dedicated, vigilant connoisseurship, provenance research, and any other methods that will give us the information we need to draw a reasoned conclusion.
A well-known example in which a copy was actually an original and the original a copy, is a Rembrandt self-Portrait, the original is from 1629. Both paintings were in established, esteemed museums, hours away from each other by train. The original is at the museum in Nuremberg, Germany; the copy is at The Hague, the Netherlands. Though the controversy over which came first raged for centuries, when they are placed together side by side, the differences between them are obvious.
Rembrandt 1629. Self-Portrait in a Gorget. Until
recently considered to be a copy and now finally
recognized as the original it obviously is.
Copy of Rembrandt 1629. Self-Portrait with Lace
Collar.
Until recently considered to be an original by inept
curators and now finally downgraded to the copy it
obviously is. The two paintings have different titles
because they are located in different museums.
Another aberration.
The rich, animated brushstrokes of the original stand out against the routine, bland brushstrokes in The Hague museum's "Rembrandt" self portrait. The members of the Rembrandt Research Project in Holland were suspicious of the The Hague museum's version. Finally, after many years of doubt, an x-ray analysis was performed on the painting, which confirmed what careful viewers already concluded; it was a copy of the one at Nuremberg.
One reason the Nuremberg curators incorrectly believed it to be the copy was that its signature did not correlate with that believed to be Rembrandt's. Apparently, they did not check the actual painting against the one at The Hague.
Unlike many curators or auction house employees we use all possible sources of information to study your painting. We are eclectic in our approach.
Unlike many curators or auction house employees, we don't automatically assume that because a private individual owns a painting it must be the copy. We exhaust all avenues of inquiry to find out what your painting actually is and who created it.
Our team of experts have exceptional knowledge and experience in resolving the question of copy versus original. We combine painstaking comparative analysis with the most technically advanced tests possible that will help us understand your painting.
Please contact us at info@artexpertswebsite.com or 1-386-676-0160.
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