The scope of biographical research in art authentications can be broad. When the authenticity of your painting is at stake, we also go deep into archival sources, and any other sources of information we require.

Biographical research demands a firm grasp of the historical setting, the the individual's environment. It often entails tracking down detailed information about an artist's family and friends to flesh out his milieu. Of course, a thorough job sometimes invovles research into the lives of art dealers, collectors, musuem curators, and othese with whom the artist had significant interaction.

We start with published sources and have access to the best art research libraries in the world. We check and double-check every assertion in the published sources against primary evidence--diaries, account books, letters. We often consult unpublished written sources such as disserations or theses.

With fifteeen art history Ph.D.s on our team, and thirty-five catalogs raisonnes to our credit, we know how to effectively research your painting.