Use an image recognition app or run a reverse image search. You can also use the signature on an image to find it online. Ask an expert to identify the painting for you, or do it yourself using clues to narrow down the date and the artistic movement the painting belongs to.

Go to the Apple or Android app. store to download SMARTIFY. Open the app. and hold your phone's camera up to a portrait to “scan” the work of art.

When an artist creates a painting, the artist owns both the copyright in the artwork, and the physical artwork. Ownership of the copyright is an intellectual property right. Ownership of the physical artwork is a personal property right.

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