Cataloguing Terminology

Authorship, attribution, date, age, provenance and condition is a statement of opinion.
All available support documentation will be supplied.

Forename(s) and surname of the artist
In our opinion a work by that artist.

Attributed to
 In our opinion this is probably a work by the artist.

After 
In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist.

Circle of 
In our opinion a work of the period of the artist, which may or may not be by the artist.

Follower of
In our opinion a work in the style of the artist, which may be of a later date.

Bears signature
Has a signature/date/inscription which may be by the artist or may have been added at a later date.

Dimensions
Dimensions are given height x width and are the size of the image. Frame dimensions are given separately.