Information and IdeasHardEvidence for a claim about a painting's date
Information and Ideas practice question
An art historian argues that a portrait was painted after 1620, later than the 1610 date written on its frame.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. The sitter wears a style of lace collar that was not made until 1620, and the canvas is of a weave first produced in that decade.Correct
- B. The frame is made of oak.
- C. The sitter died in 1650.
- D. Portraits were popular in the 1610s.
Answer: A. The sitter wears a style of lace collar that was not made until 1620, and the canvas is of a weave first produced in that decade.
Collar and canvas both postdate 1610.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The frame is made of oak.
- Oak does not date the painting.
- C. The sitter died in 1650.
- A death date after either year does not choose between them.
- D. Portraits were popular in the 1610s.
- A generality.
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