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Case 10 · Art-world mystery · provenance fraud

The Glass Ledger

Ren Ito · Fenn Glass

A museum is hours from paying €1.8 million for an unseen painting when a lab finds something its provenance cannot explain.

Cruel65–80 min12 questions

Your briefing

Authenticate three separate things: the object, the ownership record and the operator who changed the ledger. A beautiful object can still carry an impossible date.

What this case tests

  • Provenance research
  • Material chronology
  • Audit-log analysis

Apps in the evidence chain

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