Information and IdeasHardInference about a painting's frame
Information and Ideas practice question
The portrait's frame is a century newer than the painting, and its inner edge has been cut back to fit a canvas slightly larger than it was made for. Behind the canvas, tacked to the stretcher, is a label from an auction house in Vienna dated 1890. A historian would infer that the portrait ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. was reframed after passing through an auction in Vienna in 1890.Correct
- B. was painted in Vienna.
- C. has never left its original owner's family.
- D. was cut down to fit the frame.
Answer: A. was reframed after passing through an auction in Vienna in 1890.
A later frame, an auction label.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. was painted in Vienna.
- The auction, not the painting, is placed in Vienna.
- C. has never left its original owner's family.
- An auction implies a change of owner.
- D. was cut down to fit the frame.
- The frame, not the canvas, was cut.
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