How Do You Identify 19Th Century Artists By Signature?
The pieces of an artist’s body of work sometimes share a similar choice of medium, color palette, brushstrokes, genre and theme, but they usually sign their work the same way each time. If you find an interesting 19th century art piece but are unsure who created it, or if you come across a work by a famous artist, but suspect it may be a replica or forgery, there are several resources you can use to match an artist’s work to his or her distinct signature. Make a scan or take a photo of the artist’s signature, if you don’t already have a copy of it, to compare with signature examples in a directory or database. Search through databases which offer samples of artist signatures. Some useful online resources are Artists’ Signatures and the Online Art Research Center. Create a free account on Artists’ Signatures to search through a database of thousands of signatures by the artist’s name or country. Perform a reverse lookup of signatures if the name in the signature is illegible, a monogram
