provenance

provenance, origine

Lieu ou source d’où vient quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The place or source that something comes from.

• The label gives the cheese's provenance.
• We could not establish the provenance of these seeds.
• Customers increasingly ask about the provenance of their food.

Comment l'utiliser : the provenance of something (We checked the provenance of the meat.)

Synonymes : origin, source

Expressions courantes : food provenance, unknown provenance, provenance of something, cultural provenance

historique de propriété, provenance

Liste des propriétaires successifs d’une œuvre d’art depuis sa création.

En anglais simple : The record of who has owned a work of art since it was made.

• The painting has a clear provenance.
• Auction records helped us trace its provenance.
• Collectors paid more because the sculpture's provenance was fully documented.

Comment l'utiliser : the provenance of something (The gallery researched the provenance of the portrait.)

Synonymes : ownership history

Expressions courantes : documented provenance, royal provenance, establish provenance

origine, provenance

Lieu et époque de fabrication d’un objet ancien.

En anglais simple : The place and period in which an old object was made.

• The vase is of Greek provenance.
• Experts disagree about the sword's provenance.
• Its decoration helped researchers establish its provenance.

Comment l'utiliser : of ... provenance (The museum owns a helmet of Roman provenance.)

Synonymes : origin

Expressions courantes : ancient provenance, provenance of something, uncertain provenance

établir la provenance

Rechercher et noter l’origine d’un objet ou l’identité de ses anciens propriétaires.

En anglais simple : To find and record where something came from or who owned it.

• The museum hired an expert to provenance the vase.
• Researchers provenanced the objects before the sale.
• How will you provenance a painting with no surviving records?

Synonymes : trace the origin of

Expressions courantes : provenance an object, provenance a painting