Provenance Research
Stories about provenance research at Getty
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The Fragment and the Whole
In the aftermath of the Armenian genocide, one medieval manuscript’s extraordinary journey
Getty Transforms Art Provenance Data to Support 21st Century Research
Getty’s Remodeled Provenance Index allows researchers to think differently about how to use data at scale to discover patterns and trends
What Is the Egyptian Book of the Dead?
Taking a deeper look at a little-known part of Getty's collections
What Is Provenance?
Who owned this artwork before a museum, and why it matters
What You Can Find on the Back of a Painting
The front is only half the story
How Fixing a Spelling Error Clarified a Clock’s History
A clue in a sales catalog helped expand the object’s record
Provenance Research Reaches across Getty in the Digital Age
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Explore some of our projects on International Day of Provenance Research
The Odyssey of an Egyptian Cat Sculpture
Analysis of a bronze cat reveals clues about its ancient past
From Ancient Scotland to Online Auctions: A Tale of Roman Nails
When a colleague asked, “What is the weirdest thing you’ve worked on in storage?” I instantly replied, “A group of Roman iron nails!”
A View of J. Paul Getty
What we learned after researching portraits of the collector and businessman