IDArtScience

IDArtScience is an innovative startup applying scientific technology to protect and identify works of art. Its patented, non-invasive system uses X-ray analysis to examine hidden layers within an artwork, creating a distinctive fingerprint from the work’s intrinsic structure rather than adding labels, inks, or other markers. This approach is designed to establish an artwork’s uniqueness and help detect counterfeiting, duplication, or substitution over time.

IDArtScience’s proprietary hardware and software support the analysis, while blockchain records a time-stamped hash of each assessment without storing information about the artwork or its owner. The service can be used to catalogue individual works and collections, verify artworks during sales, loans, exhibitions, and insurance processes, and support identification if an object is lost or stolen and later recovered. The system is compatible with the Object ID documentation standard, adding a method of verifying uniqueness.

IDArtScience also describes its technology as useful for public and private collections, art investment funds, and the protection of artworks with cultural significance