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The Freemanart Consultancy is an expert international fine art consultancy specializing in the investigation of the authenticity, attribution, and the provenance of Old Master Paintings and Drawings. Based in Britain, our location gives us direct access to world-class fine art research facilities and important historical artist archives both here and throughout Europe.

In celebration of our proud 50th year, we continue to confidentially serve a diverse range of private and corporate clients worldwide.

We are regularly involved in investigating Old Master paintings and drawings from the Dutch Golden Age, as well as works from the French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, South American, British, and Italian schools, ranging from the 14th to the late 18th century. In general, our research and investigation enquiries tend to focus on the Medieval period right through to the Renaissance.

A core and hugely important part of our work is building a rigorous, evidence-based case that proves the authenticity of a work of art, as opinion alone is just not enough. We also scrutinize previous attributions, investigate and confirm new ones, and verify the reliability of provenance and the historical lineage of the work. To achieve this, our team conducts hands-on research in key European cultural centers, including Amsterdam, Paris, London, Florence, Rome, and Venice.

 

 

 

Our Recent Investigation schedule

The following selection represents a cross-section of authentication projects, both current and recently completed investigations, preliminary assessments of viability and attribution reviews undertaken by the Freemanart Consultancy. These entries reflect works submitted by clients for specialized academic and forensic analysis, provenance research, and scholarly evaluation, where definitive attribution or re-attribution was investigated, tested, or is under ongoing review.

 

Dutch Golden Age & 17th Century Netherlands

 

  • Workshop and School of Rembrandt (17th Century): Case files and investigative assessments regarding various works brought forward for comprehensive investigative attribution review and verification.

 

  • Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669): Forensic drawing review resulting in a proposed re-attribution to Abraham van Dijck (1635–1680) which was successful.

 

  • School of Rembrandt (17th Century): A Tronie, oil on panel submitted for style and attribution analysis.

 

  • Govaert Teuniszoon Flinck (1615–1660): Examination of a composition of the Biblical story Balaam’s Ass (dated 1638) with questioned attribution parameters.

 

  • Gerrit Dou (1613–1675): Technical and attribution review of A Friar in Contemplation, oil on oak panel.

 

  • Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691) (Attributed): Examination and stylistic and technical review of Boy with Hat, oil on canvas.

 

  • Willem van de Velde (1633–1707): Comprehensive investigative attribution review and verification. Technical and historical assessment of Shipping Off the Coast, oil on canvas. Confirmed positive attribution.

 

  • Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (1596–1656) / Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684): Genre interior scene, oil on canvas, submitted for client attribution assessment.

 

  • Jan Sluijters (1881–1957): Oil painting on canvas under technical review.

 

  • K. VanderMeer ? Examination of A Winter Scene in Holland, oil on wooden panel, evaluated as 19c in the manner of Jan Jacob Spohler (1811–1866).

 

  • 17th-Century Dutch School: Portrait, oil on oak panel, evaluated for period and hand consistency.

 

 

Flemish & Netherlandish Renaissance / Baroque

 

  • Pieter Brueghel Workshop (16th–17th Century): Case studies - comprehensive investigative attribution review and verification of works associated with the broader Brueghel workshop.

 

  • Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638) (Previously Attributed): Technical and attribution analysis of Peasant Couple Attacked by Robbers, oil on panel.

 

  • Cornelis Huysmans (1648–1727): Stylistic and attribution evaluation of a Flemish landscape, oil on canvas.

 

  • Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594/95–1667) (Prior attribution): Examination of Holy Family Group, oil on panel.

 

  • David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690): Attribution and attribution review of Boys Playing Skittles, oil on canvas.

 

  • Frans Snyders (1579–1657): Attribution study and Examination of a Flemish still life with game and basket, oil on canvas.

 

  • Jan Miel / Giovanni Miele (1599–1663): Attribution analysis of a "Bamboccianti" scene, oil on canvas.

 

  • P. Volland (Active 17th Century): Attribution review of Still Life with Apples, Grapes, Fruit, oil on canvas.

 

  • Flemish School (15th Century): Polychrome portrait of a man wearing a skullcap, oil on panel, initialled "A.M.P. 1487", submitted for historical dating and style analysis.

 

Italian Schools (Renaissance to Baroque)

 

  • Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio (1483–1520): Attribution review and Technical examination of Virgin and Child, oil on copper, addressing submitted previous attribution claims.

 

  • Titian / Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488–1576): Condition and hand assessment of previous attribution. St. Christopher, oil on canvas.

 

  • Titian / Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488–1576): Condition and hand assessment of previous attribution of crucifixion.

  • Tintoretto / Jacopo Robusti (1518–1594): Stylistic attribution analysis of a sepia ink drawing of a bishop.

 

  • Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267–1337) (Formerly attributed / Manner of): 14th-century panel painting, tempera on wood, Crucifixion with St. Benedict and St. John the Evangelist, comprehensive investigative attribution review and verification, reviewed for historical context accuracy.

 

  • Giuseppe Cesari, Cavaliere d'Arpino (1568–1640): Old Master oil landscape submitted for authentication review.

 

  • Luca Giordano (1634–1705) (Previously attributed to Francesco Solimena, 1657–1747): Investigation and re-evaluation of An Adoration, oil on canvas.

 

  • Gerrit van Honthorst (1592–1656) (Pev attribution): Unsigned oil on canvas, examined and onfirmed as as a potential copy of Childhood of Christ in the Hermitage.

 

  • Early Italian School: Hagiographical female oil portrait of a saint, submitted for period and provenance investigation.

 

 

French & British Schools

 

  • Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805): Devotional female portrait, oil on canvas, evaluated for hand and period. Portrait Head and Shoulders of a Girl with a Parrot oil on panel.

 

  • Additional portrait study, oil, submitted for authentication.

 

  • François Boucher (1703–1770): Attribution examination and assessment of Pondering of What to Write, oil on canvas.

 

  • Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863): Attribution assessment and study of a drawing on paper representing a man's head (Dibujo sobre papel de la cabeza de un hombre).

 

  • French School / Manner of Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863): Unsigned oil on canvas depicting a cavalry skirmish, reviewed for studio hand connection and attribution.

 

  • Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543): Authentication and pedigree review of Tudor court portrait drawings.

 

  • Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) (Questioned attribution): Academic examination and review of an unsigned polychrome oil portrait of Sir Thomas Dayrell.

 

  • Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) attrib. comprehensive investigative attribution review and verification, oil on canvas possibly William of Orange

 

  • Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665) Attribution review.

 

Unattributed & Specialized Old Masters

 

  • Unsigned Old Master: Polychrome painting on canvas depicting Saint Mary Magdalena, submitted for comprehensive investigative review.

 

  • Unsigned Old Master: Polychrome oil painting on a cradled panel depicting a variation composition of Balaam’s Ass, evaluated for period and authorship.

 

 

 

 

We specialize in conducting in-depth authenticity inquiries for both single works of art and entire collections. Our full academic and forensic investigations include direct multi-lingual archival research to determine the workshop origins of Old Master works from many different geographical regions and periods.

 

Gothic ~ Early Renaissance ~ High Renaissance ~ Venetian ~ Roma ~ Sienese ~ Firenze ~ Northern Renaissance ~ Flanders~ Netherlands

Germany ~ Mannerism ~  Baroque ~ Dutch Realism ~ Rococo ~ Neoclassicism ~ French ~  Spanish and British Fine Art.

EUROPEAN  ALTARPIECE ART ~ PANEL PAINTINGS ~ PORTRAITURE

 

 

 

 

 

Your first step in the Authentication or Attribution process

A Preliminary Assessment of Viability

 

In our long extablished working process, we always advise clients to begin with a Preliminary Assessment of Viability Study.

Where we examine all aspects of the work of art as presented to us and any provenance or historical lineage there may be, in order to establish if there is a viable basis for a full investigation to be undertaken. The study wisely determines if a formal, full-scale investigation is likely to be successful, saving you time and expense.

 

Click here to learn more about our preliminary assessment process.

 

 

 

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Our Old Master Authenticity Investigations in recent years have included the following artists:

Emanuel de Witte, Rubens Circle, Guido Reni, Rembrandt, J B Greuze, Albrecht Durer, Michael Dahl, Lucas Cranach, Peter Breughel. J.B. Greuze, Diego Velasquez, François Gérard, Passarotto old master drawing, Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Francesco Goya - 2 drawings and a major painting. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - Mater Dolorosa oil. Alonso Cano – Virgen and child, oil. Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen – Portrait. Jan Van Der Heyden – A country house, oil. 17th Century Northern Italian oil - Madonna della Ghiara. Sebastiano del Piombo – Musicians oil. Circle of Giovanni Lombardi oil. Attrib Rembrandt Circle of Rembrandt - An apostle oil. Jan Josephszoon van Goyen – landschap. Anon Oil on copper.

Others: Giotto di Bondone (Italian, 1267–1337) Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519) Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) Michelangelo (Italian, 1475–1564) Titian (Italian, c.1477–1576) Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1445–1510) Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520) Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543) Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1518–1594) Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, c.1525–1569) Paolo Veronese (Italian, c.1528–1588) El Greco (Greek-born Spanish, 1541–1614) Frans Hals (Dutch, 1580–1666) Caravaggio (Italian, 1573–1610) Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660) Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675) Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1691–1770) Joshua Reynolds ( English, 1723–1792) Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828 Nicolas Regnier - Niccolò Renieri, FrenchAutenticación maestra antigua - Autenticazione antica master art - Authentifizierung alter Meister - Autenticação de arte antiga

 

LINKS TO OLD MASTER ARTIST SPECIALISM EXPERTISE  & GENRE PAGES

       
CONSTABLE John

REYNOLDS Joshua Sir

SANDBY Paul
Dou Gerrit
NASMYTH Alexander
ZUCCARELLI Francesco
IL SASSOFERRATO
FRAGONARD Jean Honore
CAGNACCI Guido
LORRAIN Claude
POUSSIN Nicolas
CARRACCI Ludovico
SNYDERS Frans
CHARDIN Jean Baptiste Simeon
BELLINI Gentile
GENTILESCHI Orazio
GUERCINO
LIPPI  Lorenzo
OVERBECK Johann Friedrich HOLBEIN Hans Younger
HALS Frans LELY Sir Peter
GUARDI Francesco
WILKIE Sir David
ARELLANO Juan de
DELACROIX Eugene INGRES Jean-Auguste-Dominique
GUIARD Adlaide Labille
VALLAYER-COSTER Anne
Le BRUN Elisabeth Louise Vigee
GANDOLFI Gaetano
GIOTTO di Bondone
LARKIN William
BABUREN Dirck van
CEULEN Cornelis Janssens van
ETTY William BEALE Mary
VAN MIEREVELT Michiel Jansz.
BERRUGUETE Pedro JOHNSON Cornelius
ROSSELLI Matteo
QUESNEL François
KEY Willem Adriaensz GOYEN Jan Josefsz. van
ROMBOUTS Theodor
SELLAIO Jacopo del
DOMENICHINI Apollonio Masterof the Langmatt Foundation views
GASCAR Henri
HERRING Senior John Frederic GHEERAERTS Marcus the Younger
BARRERA Francisco
CUYP Aelbert
RUYSDAEL Salomon van
HULSDONCK Jacob van
LUNY Thomas
RICCI Sebastiano HONTHORST Gerrit van
STEEN JAN
HAYEZ Francesco
VOUET Simon GRAMMATICA Antiveduto
MEYTENS Martin van (the Younger)
MIEL Jan
HACKERT Jakob Philipp
FLINCK Govaert
GILPIN Sawrey
VRANCX Sebastian
ALLORI Alessandro
HEEM Jan Davidsz. de
Caspar NETSCHER
Peter CLAESZ
Pieter De HOOCH
SAFTLEVEN Herman Adriaen Pietersz. van de VENNE
LIBERI Pietro
DADDI Bernardo
WEST Benjamin BIRCH Thomas
Nicolò BAMBINI
Jan MASSYS
Quentin MATSYS Roelandt SAVERY
Jacob Isaacksz. van RUISDAEL
Jacob van WALSCAPELLE
Lorenzo LOTTO
Meindert HOBBEMA
Juan de Valdés LEAL
Cornelis van POELENBURG Gerard ter BORCH
David TENIERS II
Bernardino LUINI
Hendrick AVERCAMP
Louyse MOILLON
F P SIMON - Baron Gerard
Pieter Jansz. SAENREDAM Eglon van der NEER
Eugene VERBOECKHOVEN
Adam De COSTER
John Robert COZENS
Jacob JORDAENS
Jean-Etienne LIOTARD (Swiss)
James WARD R.A
François BOUCHER
Marten van CLEVE the Elder
Joseph van BREDAEL
Sandro BOTTICELLI
Sebastiano RICCI
Salvator ROSA
Moretto da BRESCIA
Sir Anthony van DYCK
Willem Cornelisz DUYSTER    



 

 

 

 

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17 - 18C EUROPEAN ROCOCO ART

ITALIAN ART

EUROPEAN ART - AUTHENTICATION

SCANDINAVIAN - NORDIC ART

HUNGARIAN ART

PORTRAITURE
CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS

     
 

 

COMPLETED OLD MASTER  AUTHENTICATION AND ATTRIBUTION INVESTIGATIONS :

Bramer

Brugghel

Titian Authentication

Sandro Botticelli Authentication

Henri Goltzius

Durer Bruegel

French and Spanish school
Nicolas Poussin

Wssel de Guimbarda

Daniel Vázquez Díaz

Marqués Jusepe de Ribera

Pieter Bruegel the Elder Authentication

Sebastián Muñoz

Albrecht Dürer Authentication

Juan de Valdes Leal

Andrea Schiavone

School and circle of Rembrandt

Hans Holbein the Elder

Claude Gelee, called CLAUDE LORRAIN

Pierre Parrocel

Charles Natoire

Francisco Goya Authentication

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Nicholas-Bernard Lepice

Ricardo Verdugo Landi

Nicolas Poussin Authentication

Diego Velázquez Authentication

Joseph Maria Subirachs

Frans Hals Authentication

Daniel Vázquez Díaz

Francisco Domingo

Marqués Jusepe de Ribera

Vicente Camarón Torra

Sebastián Muñoz

Juan de Valdes Leal

18TH CENTURY ITALIAN ARTIST G. GIANALI

Van der Helst  Bart  1613-1670 Dutch

Marten van Heemskerk

French and Spanish school
Nicolas Poussin

Etienne Allegrain

Joshua Reynolds Authentication

JOSÉ CAMARÓN Y BORONAT

Mariano Salvador Maell

Giotto di Bondone Authentication,

Leonardo da Vinci

Vicente Camarón Torra

Michelangelo Authentication

Eeckout

Raphael Authentication

Hans Holbein the Younger Authentication

Jacopo Tintoretto Authentication

Paolo Veronese Authentication

El Greco Authentication

Wssel de Guimbarda

Caravaggio Authentication

Peter Paul Rubens Authentication

Rembrandt van Rijn Authentication

Johannes Vermeer Authentication

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Authentication

 

 

 

 

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