attribution
noun
the act of attributing; ascription.
reattribution
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a word derived from
attribution.
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a word derived from
reattribute.
reattributeverb(tr) to attribute (esp a work of art) to another source
Example Sentences
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The reattribution by the National Gallery will be referred to somehow at the exhibition, Dibbits said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
However, the Fitzwilliam Museum presented a case for the reattribution of the Rothschild bronzes to Michelangelo in February 2015, based on art-historical, technical and anatomical evidence.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2018
And it is just the latest example of reattribution in the tricky, and often contentious, field of identifying just who created an artwork.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2015
In the 2006 case involving Sotheby’s and Caravaggio’s “The Cardsharps,” the reattribution also came after a scholar had the painting cleaned and restored.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2015
Though reattribution of a painting from Rembrandt to his pupil Carel Fabritius or Jan Lievens may knock thousands of dollars from its current market value, the loss is only a paper one.
From Time Magazine Archive
