Douwes Fine Art (Rembrandt on Chain)
The first ever Rembrandt etching was timestamped on the blockchain in a collaboration between CMS, Douwes Fine Art and VIDT.
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The first ever Rembrandt etching was timestamped on the blockchain in a collaboration between CMS, Douwes Fine Art and VIDT.
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A seventeenth-century etching by Rembrandt has been immortalized using multiple blockchains. CMS was involved in the project to notarize the process. The goal of this worldwide premiere: better protection against art fraud.
The validation of Rembrandt's etching The Virgin and Child in the Clouds took place at Douwes Fine Art gallery in Amsterdam. By validating artworks through blockchain, they are better protected against art fraud and authenticity can be established more easily and quickly.
To make sure the Certificate of Authenticity published by Douwes Fine Art can actually be used to verify the authenticity of the etching, macro photos were taken. With these photos, every unique and identifying characteristic of the etching is recorded and stored in the certificate so that anybody can use the document to make sure the etching is authentic.
VIDT DAO timestamping technology was used to make sure the Certificate of Authenticity can always be verified. Anybody who has received a copy of the document can use the technology to make sure it is the original document published by Douwes Fine Art, and not a fake refering to a different etching.