The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below
The history of ownership: who possessed an object and when (The National Committee to Save America's Cultural Collections 1992)
> The storage conditions of a wine from the moment it left the Château, Domaine or merchant's cellar Good provenance or good storage is essential to maintain a wine's quality and adds greatly to its value
The provenance of something is the place that it comes from or that it originally came from. Kato was fully aware of the provenance of these treasures. the place where something originally came from (provenir )
the execution history of computer processes which were utilized to compute a final piece of data (process provenance - computer science)
The source or origin When applied to rugs, provenance refers to the place of origin, the weavers of the rug and the time of origin
The geographical area or place of origin of a collection of genetic material (generally in the form of seed, pollen or cuttings) for which the process of natural selection has resulted in some common or shared population characteristics Provenance
the geographical area and environment to which the parent trees and other vegetation are native, and within which their genetic constitution has been developed through natural selection
the natural origin of a population A provenance is autochthonous on its natural site In forestry terminology the term "provenance is often synonymous with the term "origin" without regard to autochthony
The relationship between records and the organizations or individuals that created, accumulated and/or maintained an used them in the conduct of personal or corporate activity [ISAD(G)]
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
n 1 A record of a piece of arts previous ownership, from printer to current owner
The ownership history of a work of art Most often this history is not known for a print, unless there is a collector's mark Ex-collection indicates that the named person was a recent owner