Marks and brands on Dutch and Flemish paintings

Marks on Art: Painting focuses on the digitization and identification of marks on the backs of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings. The starting point is Wadum’s dataset of thousands of marks on panels and copper supports, collected during visits to collections and auction houses. This extensive dataset was donated to the RKD in 2022. Since then, the RKD has been working on entering and supplementing the data, including through a public call and international collaborations with museums for additional material. This article describes and discusses the results of 40 years of research into marks on Dutch and Flemish sixteenth- and seventeenth-century paintings.