The study of provenance--the history of the creation and ownership of an artefact, work of art, or specimen--provides insights into the history of taste and collecting, illuminating the social, economic, and historic trends in which an object was created and collected.
This book promotes the study of the history of Collecting and collect.
It is as much a history of people as it is of objects, and its study often reveals intricate networks of relationships, patterns of activity and motivations.
The study of provenance--the history of the creation and ownership of an artefact, work of art, or specimen--provides insights into the history of taste and collecting, illuminating the social, economic, and historic trends in which an object was created and collected
