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provenance

chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object or economic good
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Summary

provenance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,549 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: chronology[2], documentation[3], narrative[4]
  • Facet of: art history[5], criminology[6], authentication[7]
  • Described by source: Hans Haacke,Framing and Being Framed: 7 Works, 1970–75[8]
  • Partially coincident with: chain of custody[9]
  • Has characteristic: truth value[10]
  • Studied by: provenance research[11]
  • Exact match: http://purl.org/dc/terms/provenance[12], https://dbpedia.org/page/Provenance[13]

Why It Matters

provenance has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] provenance is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

art history criminology data provenance

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . news.artnet.com. news.artnet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . monoskop.org. monoskop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). provenance. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/provenance
MLA “provenance.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/provenance.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_provenance_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{provenance}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/provenance}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): provenance — https://4ort.xyz/entity/provenance (retrieved 2026-10-14)

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 6867
    Sitelink count → 16
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'no', 'ru', 'simple
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 6867, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7331588|provenance (#7331588)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 21w ago · Bot Bozze bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → provenance research
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Hans Haacke,Framing and Being Framed: 7 Works, 1970–75
    Partially coincident with → chain of custody
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Bot: added link to [itwiki:Provenienza]"
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