Renaissance
The rebirth of classical ideals — perspective, anatomy and balanced composition brought to a new naturalism.
Leonardo da Vinci · Raphael · Botticelli
House · IIThe Lovenhall Registry№ II
House of the Canvas
Lovenhall Art
A digital record for a work of art — high-resolution captures and an AI-assisted reading of hand, period and condition, entered in the Registry with its own accession. A considered reading, offered in good faith; not a guarantee.
Nº I · The Record
What an art record holds
Every work is documented, read and entered the same way — a permanent digital dossier you can hold to and share.
Detailed captures
High-resolution photography of the whole work — surface, edges, verso and signature — documented as it stands today.
AI-assisted analysis
Artificial intelligence reads style, period and hand indicators, weighed against the known body of work and a trained eye.
Value indication
An indicative range from comparable sales and the artist's market — a guide to worth, never a guarantee of it.
Condition & provenance
Condition read under raking light and ultraviolet where possible; provenance and documentation recorded.
Registry entry
A permanent digital record with its own accession number — retrievable, and shareable in confidence.
A note on our recordsA Lovenhall record is an informed opinion — a considered reading supported by detailed imaging and artificial-intelligence analysis, offered in good faith. It is not a certificate of authenticity, a formal appraisal, or a guarantee of value; independent verification is always advised before a purchase or sale.
Nº II · How a Record is Made
Capture, analysis, record
Three steps, the same for every piece — from the first calibrated photograph to the entry held in the Registry.
I
Capture
High-resolution, calibrated photography from every angle — the piece documented in fine detail as it stands today.
II
Analysis
Artificial intelligence reads the captures alongside our own study — grade indicators for a stone, hand and period for a work — with market comparables gathered.
III
The Record
The findings are set down as a permanent digital record with its own accession: captures, analysis, a value indication and provenance notes, held in the Registry.
Nº III · The Instruments
Tools of the house
Quick, search-led instruments to orient you — with more to follow. Each gives an indicative reading only.
Soon
Answers · Identify an artist's signatureSignature Reader
Read and match an artist's signature.
In preparationSoon
Answers · Identify an art styleMovement Identifier
Place a work within its movement.
In preparationInstruments give an indicative reading only — a starting point, not a valuation, appraisal or guarantee. For a considered figure, request a record.
The Companion App
Lovenhall Art Identifier
Point your camera at a painting and the app surfaces the likely artist, title, period and movement — a pocket art guide for museums, estate sales and attic finds.
- Recognises likely artist, title, period and movement
- Explains the work's context and significance
- Clues to help tell an original from a print
An indicative first look, not a valuation or guarantee.
Nº IV · Movements
Five centuries, charted
A brief field guide to the periods we survey most — the hands, the habits and the works that define them.
Baroque
Drama through light and shadow — movement, tension and theatrical grandeur across the canvas.
Caravaggio · Rembrandt · Velázquez
Impressionism
Light and the passing moment, caught in loose, luminous brushwork out in the open air.
Claude Monet · Renoir · Degas
Post-Impressionism
Structure, symbol and feeling — colour pushed beyond observation into expression.
Van Gogh · Cézanne · Gauguin
Cubism
Form fractured and reassembled — many viewpoints held at once on a single plane.
Picasso · Braque · Gris
Surrealism
The logic of dreams — the uncanny and the unconscious rendered with startling clarity.
Dalí · Magritte · Ernst
Nº V · Field Notes
On the reading of paintings
A short reference from the house — how value, authorship, provenance and condition are actually judged.
- Value follows the artist's market, the period within their output, and the quality of the individual work.
- Comparable sales — like works, sold recently and publicly — anchor any credible figure.
- Condition, size, subject and exhibition history each move the estimate up or down.
Nº VI · The Journal
From the Journal
Longer, plain-English guides on the questions we are asked most — free to read.
Lovenhall ArtHave a work recorded
Send an image and what you know of its history, and the house will prepare a digital record: captures, an AI-assisted reading of hand and period, a value indication and a permanent accession.