Veriso research library

Artwork identification guides

Learn how to read the evidence in paintings, drawings, photographs, signatures, labels, and market records.

Artwork identification

How to Identify a Painting From a Photo

A practical process for identifying a painting from photographs using signatures, labels, materials, visual clues, and comparable artworks.

Signature research

Learn how to read and research signatures, monograms, initials, and inscriptions on paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture.

Art valuation

Understand the evidence used to estimate a painting's market value, from attribution and condition to auction comparables and provenance.

Antique photograph research

A field guide to dating antique photographs using process, format, clothing, studio marks, mounts, inscriptions, and provenance.

Attribution analysis

Understand how artwork attribution works and how specialists combine style, signatures, materials, provenance, museum records, and market evidence.

Put the clues together

Upload clear photographs for an evidence-led attribution, market estimate, and guidance on what to do next.