Provenance is an English word with synonyms like birthplace or cradle. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Provenance in a sentence
Provenance meaning
- Place or source of origin.
- The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below.
- The history of ownership of a work of art.
Synonyms of Provenance
Using Provenance
- The main meaning on this page is: Place or source of origin. | The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below. | The history of ownership of a work of art.
- Useful related words include: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenience.
- In the example corpus, provenance often appears in combinations such as: the provenance, provenance of, of provenance.
Context around Provenance
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Provenance
- In this selection, "provenance" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sandstone, tracing, french, model, research and shouldn stand out and add context to how "provenance" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a prestigious provenance likely drove and about its provenance. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "provenance" sits close to words such as accordion, admires and aftermarket, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with provenance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Provenance Blockchain launched on April 19th, 2021. (7 words)
Again, a prestigious provenance likely drove the result. (8 words)
For some observers, displaying skulls regardless of provenance is inherently problematic. (11 words)
Max Hollein, the director of the Met, told Gothamist the museum plans to hire four people tasked with researching the provenance of artworks, including a new manager of provenance research, who would help the institution respond to evidence. (38 words)
There may be cases in which provenance shouldn’t be revealed, so as to give priority to privacy—but provenance will usually be more beneficial to individuals and society than an exclusive commitment to privacy would be. (37 words)
In partnership with leading agency Hunt Hanson, Ty Nant rebranded its packaging with a unique "single estate" branding reflecting the provenance of the Ty Nant Estate from over 200 acres of wild organic Welsh countryside. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Max Hollein, the director of the Met, told Gothamist the museum plans to hire four people tasked with researching the provenance of artworks, including a new manager of provenance research, who would help the institution respond to evidence.
There may be cases in which provenance shouldn’t be revealed, so as to give priority to privacy—but provenance will usually be more beneficial to individuals and society than an exclusive commitment to privacy would be.
ART stores information about art objects in a way that provides evidence of provenance, real-time provenance tracking and increases an art object’s value.
The following QFL chart and the sandstone provenance model correspond with each other therefore, when the QFL chart is plotted those points can then be plotted on the sandstone provenance model.
A historic letter dated to 1903 – apparently penned by a former owner – was stored alongside the mummy and gives a story about its provenance.
For some Jewish libraries and institutions, tracing provenance is detective work, an attempt to reunite orphans with their parents who perished long ago.
For some observers, displaying skulls regardless of provenance is inherently problematic.
I am not suggesting that all the Greek treasures of the Getty Villa trace their provenance to looting.
In partnership with leading agency Hunt Hanson, Ty Nant rebranded its packaging with a unique "single estate" branding reflecting the provenance of the Ty Nant Estate from over 200 acres of wild organic Welsh countryside.
I would be most grateful for any information on its provenance.
Made from Black Sycamore wood sourced in France as a subtle tribute to the French provenance of La Rose Noire, each triangle is cut, sanded and precisely positioned by hand.
Provenance Blockchain launched on April 19th, 2021.
Shoplazza empowers businesses to leverage this demand, simplifying the purchasing process for consumers and broadening the reach of brands, irrespective of their size or provenance.
The judging panel, comprising industry experts including chefs, broadcasters, writers and buyers, said: "The Cedarbarn café has stayed true to its Yorkshire roots with top quality, healthy, fresh food with impeccable provenance.
The Met will hire additional “provenance” researchers to study some of the museum’s 1.5 million works of art, director Max Hollein told staff in a letter published on the institution’s website.
The provenance of Covid-19 was a legitimate angle for journalistic investigation for many reasons.
We are confident it is Beethoven, since two of the locks exist alongside uninterrupted provenance records going as far back as the 1820s.
Again, a prestigious provenance likely drove the result.
But there was no invoice as proof of purchase or details of provenance.
By 1956, most of Grünbaum’s collection was in a Swiss auction house whose owner forged provenance papers for some of the stolen works and claimed to have obtained them legally.
Common combinations with provenance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the provenance 31×
- provenance of 30×
- of provenance 8×
- provenance and 7×
- its provenance 4×
- provenance research 3×
- provenance is 3×
- and provenance 3×
- sandstone provenance 2×
- provenance model 2×