EditorialA 40-year-old painting whose provenance lay at the center of one of the stranger art authentication cases in recent history, in Chicago, June 30, 2016. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialEarly Middle Ages. Bronze objects of Carolingian provenance. Gornji Koljani-Crkvina, Croatia. Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia.
EditorialLate Neolithic. Chalcolithic. Idols of stone. Oculate cylindrical idols (left). Unknown provenance and Bollullos del Condado (province of Huelva, Andalusia); Hopper idols (right). Los Millares (Santa Fe de Mondujar, province of Almeria, Andalusia). Nat...
EditorialSaint Catherine and Saint Barbara. Panels of and altarpiece. Third quarter of 15th century. Anonymous, Aragon. Provenance unknown. National Museum of Art of Catalonia (MNAC). Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialMaster of Rubio (active in Catalonia the third quarter of the 14th century). Spanish painter. Altarpiece of Saint Anthony the Abbot, ca.1360-1375. Provenance unknown. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialA server prepares the dining room of Bistro Provenance, one of Chad Pritchard?s restaurants in Provo, Utah, on Oct. 5, 2022. (Kim Raff/The New York Times)
EditorialMarble oscillum of the 1st century A.D. It used to be suspended as an ornament from the architrave between two columns. Provenance unknown. The front shows a relief profile of a kind of mask used by male actors during recitals of tragic drama. The mask...
EditorialDetail of a Roman inscription with dedication to Caius Vallius Postumus. Unknown original provenance. In 1647 it was situated in one of the corners of the cemetery of Our Lady of Victory in Rabat (Gozo), probably where the Capuchin convent is now locat...
EditorialRoman imperial period. Pedestal belonging to a headless white marble statue. Probably representing an Augusta (title given to members of the imperial family). Julio-Claudian epoch. Unknown provenance. 1st century AD. Inscription detail: "To Ceres Iulia...