RKD Speelman

The RKD is an important source of art provenance information. The RKD cuts across data silos to bring together provenance and other information from numerous museums. Below is a search (via Sparql query) for "Speelman", an important art dealing dynasty. Click on the urls to see the complete RKD information as well as, in certain cases, links to the current collection.

(If a link doesn't work, use the RKD ID to find the artwork. Or replace "https://data.rkd.nl/images/" with "https://research.rkd.nl/en/detail/https%3A%2F%2Fdata.rkd.nl%2Fimages%2F" or with the permalink url "https://rkd.nl/images/" )

For more on Speelman, see also posts on The Legacy of Edward Speelman and Edward Speelman and the Toledo Museum of Art and Edward Speelman in America.

Galerie Moos: tracing history through public auctions

 The Moos art dealing dynasty has placed an important role. This post focuses on artworks that passed through Moos and Christie's.

Can ChatGPT find the Knoedler forgery lawsuits?

 rundate: April 21; 2025

AI tool: ChatGPT4O "DeepResearch"

author: AI ChatGPT

Known Lawsuits Against Knoedler Gallery (Forgery Scandal)

Below is a comprehensive list of all known lawsuits filed against Knoedler Gallery (d/b/a Knoedler & Co.) in connection with the sale of forged artworks. Each entry includes the plaintiff(s), filing date (or year), docket number if available, a summary of the claim (e.g. purchase of a fake painting with allegations of fraud/misrepresentation), and the outcome or settlement details:

Tracing itineraries of Nazi-looted art with AI

Summary of news article "Landscape with Plunder" by Judd Tully with Google NotebookLLM

http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/news/tully/tully8-30-96.asp

PROMPT: "How did the Degas go from Friedrich Gutmann to Daniel Searle. Please name every entity involved and their role."

Pinakos, Heinemann and Agnew

 The following is adapted from a "conversation" with Google's AI tool, NotebookLM based on sources uploaded.