Art Cataloguing Service · Est. 2026

Secure the record.

Ars Accordia issues permanent Artwork Passports for European private and corporate art collections — connecting each work to the institutional and public records that name it, and giving it a stable identity others can point to. Know exactly what you hold. Prove it is yours. Be ready for whatever comes. We document and anchor; we do not authenticate or value the work ourselves.

The Deliverable

The Artwork Passport

A single permanent document for each work — the anchor that makes a work referenceable, citeable, and verifiable. A well-documented work is easier to insure, inherit, sell, divide, donate, or lend when the time comes. Each passport carries a permanent ArtBase ID and is listed in the public Ars Accordia registry. We do not authenticate or value the work; we anchor it.

Identity & Attribution
Title, artist, date, medium, dimensions — all nine ICOM Object ID fields, with attribution qualified to CDWA standards.
Provenance
Documented ownership history from earliest known date, with sources. Essential for legal title, customs, and due diligence.
Condition Record
Current condition note with date. Forms the baseline for conservation decisions, transport protocols, and loan requirements.
Authority Links
Verified links to Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and RKD — corroborating artist identity against international records. Only confirmed matches are published.
Permanent ArtBase ID
A stable, never-reissued identifier that persists across all systems — insurance files, estate records, auction catalogues, museum loans.
ARTWORK PASSPORT
AP-2026-000002
Ars Accordia
Juras noskana
Sea Mood · Herberts Siliņš · Latvia · 1979
Object Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
81 × 81 cm
Date
1979
Wikidata (artist)
Q23054868
VIAF
15148752···

Who We Serve

Expertise for collections of every kind

We work with private collectors, corporate holdings, and estates across Europe — anywhere art is held outside a museum and lacks the documentation it deserves.

Corporate Collections
Art held as company asset — board-documented, properly attributed, and in good order. Documentation that stands up at audit, at insurance renewal, and when the time comes to divide or dispose of the collection.
Private Collectors
Collections acquired over years or decades — often rich in attribution but thin on documentation. The catalogue that makes each work ready to insure, lend, or pass on — and that outlasts the collector.
Estates & Foundations
Collections at the point of transition — inheritance, donation, bequest, or sale. The Artwork Passport is the document the estate, the valuer, and the buyer need before a work can change hands cleanly.

The Process

From consultation to published record

Every engagement follows the same four-phase process — from an initial conversation to a publicly registered passport for each catalogued work.

01
Consultation
A free 45-minute conversation to understand your collection, documentation gaps, and what the engagement will cover.
02
Cataloguing
Physical examination or review of existing documentation. Attribution, provenance, and authority research for each work and artist.
03
Passport
Each work receives a permanent HTML document, a LIDO 1.1 XML export, and a stable ArtBase ID. Delivered as a complete client package.
04
Registry
With your approval, passports are published in the Ars Accordia public catalogue and linked to Wikidata authority records.

Standards & Compliance

From the Catalogue

Sample passports

Published passports from the Ars Accordia catalogue — each catalogued to the standards above, with authority links and permanent identifiers.

View the full catalogue
289 Artist Records
2 Artwork Passports
114 Confirmed Authority Links

Start Here

Every engagement begins with a conversation.

Tell us what you hold — approximate size, period, and the moment you are preparing for: an insurance renewal, an inheritance, a potential sale, a loan programme, a division among heirs. We will assess what the collection needs and propose a scope at no obligation.