provenance

procedencia, origen

Lugar o fuente de donde viene algo.

En inglés sencillo: The place or source that something comes from.

• The label gives the cheese's provenance.
• We could not establish the provenance of these seeds.
• Customers increasingly ask about the provenance of their food.

Cómo se usa: the provenance of something (We checked the provenance of the meat.)

Sinónimos: origin, source

Expresiones frecuentes: food provenance, unknown provenance, provenance of something, cultural provenance

historial de propiedad, procedencia

Registro de quienes han poseído una obra de arte desde su creación.

En inglés sencillo: The record of who has owned a work of art since it was made.

• The painting has a clear provenance.
• Auction records helped us trace its provenance.
• Collectors paid more because the sculpture's provenance was fully documented.

Cómo se usa: the provenance of something (The gallery researched the provenance of the portrait.)

Sinónimos: ownership history

Expresiones frecuentes: documented provenance, royal provenance, establish provenance

origen, procedencia

Lugar y época en que se fabricó un objeto antiguo.

En inglés sencillo: The place and period in which an old object was made.

• The vase is of Greek provenance.
• Experts disagree about the sword's provenance.
• Its decoration helped researchers establish its provenance.

Cómo se usa: of ... provenance (The museum owns a helmet of Roman provenance.)

Sinónimos: origin

Expresiones frecuentes: ancient provenance, provenance of something, uncertain provenance

determinar la procedencia

Averiguar y documentar de dónde viene algo o quiénes lo han poseído.

En inglés sencillo: To find and record where something came from or who owned it.

• The museum hired an expert to provenance the vase.
• Researchers provenanced the objects before the sale.
• How will you provenance a painting with no surviving records?

Sinónimos: trace the origin of

Expresiones frecuentes: provenance an object, provenance a painting