Information and IdeasHardFinding that would weaken a claim
Information and Ideas practice question
A curator claims that a painting in the collection was made by the studio's master rather than by an assistant, on the strength of its confident brushwork.
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the curator's claim?
- A. The painting's canvas bears a supplier's stamp first used two years after the master's death.Correct
- B. The master was known for confident brushwork.
- C. The painting has hung in the collection since 1900.
- D. Assistants in the studio were paid less than the master.
Answer: A. The painting's canvas bears a supplier's stamp first used two years after the master's death.
A canvas that postdates the master's death rules him out.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The master was known for confident brushwork.
- Supports rather than weakens.
- C. The painting has hung in the collection since 1900.
- Irrelevant to authorship.
- D. Assistants in the studio were paid less than the master.
- Irrelevant.
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