Find your Inner Connoisseur, consider clues and learn some of teh connoisseur's tricks.
How do dealers, auctioneers and museum staff determine whether a piece is by one painter or another? What role does the signature play, and what are the key clues to look for when deciding who painted the picture? And how can we be sure that what we see on the wall in front of us is the painting the artist produced? Damage, alterations and downright forgeries are all things we need to recognise and take into consideration.
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THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Dr Chantal Brotherton-Ratcliffe
MA in History of Art from Edinburgh, PhD from the Warburg Institute, London University. With 40 years' experience as a lecturer, Chantal has taught at Sotheby's Institute of Art on the MA in Fine and Decorative Arts since 1989, and as a freelance lecturer for a number of societies and institutions in London, including the National Gallery and the Wallace Collection. Having also trained as a paintings conservator, she brings an understanding of the making and the physical painting to her lectures and study sessions.
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