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provenance /ˈprɒv(ə)nəns /noun [mass noun]1The place of origin or earliest known history of something: an orange rug of Iranian provenance...- Bemused, she enquired about their provenance - history - only to be told that they had come from St Andrews.
- The following items include a complete description of each relic, it's historical significance, exhibition history, and provenance.
- Because the blocks themselves are so glorious the signatures are almost insignificant, until that is, one begins to look at the history or provenance of the quilt.
Synonyms origin, source, place of origin; birthplace, spring, wellspring, fount, roots, history, pedigree, derivation, root, etymology; North American provenience rare radix 1.1 [count noun] A record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality: the manuscript has a distinguished provenance...- Looking hack to the 1930s, she wrote in 1954 that she and other dealers and collectors had not been as rigorous as they might have been about recording provenances.
- False provenances and certificates of authenticity are favorite tools of cheats and should never be accepted blindly.
- When I was a student of art history, I spent my days doggedly tracking down art objects, provenances and sources, historical and contemporary influences, stylistic affinities and social contexts, readings and interpretations.
OriginLate 18th century: from French, from the verb provenir 'come or stem from', from Latin provenire, from pro- 'forth' + venire 'come'. |