MONTBAZON, Loire Valley, France – Rouillac, the French auction house, will deliver a Biometric Art Passport, created by Swiss technology company Artmyn, to the buyer of La Ville de Dieppe,1882, a painting by Claude Monet, to be sold at live auction on June 6 at the Château d’Artigny, near the city of Tours, France, and online at Invaluable.com.
The Biometric Art Passport is a digital portfolio, containing an unprecedented amount of provenance and condition data from the physical properties of La Ville de Dieppe masterpiece by Monet–its “digital DNA”–and, once registered on the blockchain, will protect it forever from forgery.
The Biometric Art Passport is to physical works of art what the Non-Fungible Token, or NFT, is to digital works. It is made using Artmyn’s scanner, which captures the physical properties and topography of a work under visible, ultra-violet (black light) and infrared light, making it viewable, as if the original is in-hand, using patented ultra-high-resolution scanning technology and image processing algorithms.
Alexandre Catsicas, Artmyn Co-founder & CEO, said, “While Non-Fungible Tokens facilitate trading in the emerging market for digital and intangible works of art, Artmyn’s Biometric Art Passport brings a new level of transparency for physical artworks.”
Neal Glazier, Executive Vice President of Marketing at Invaluable, said, “With the rapid growth of digital transactions in the auction industry during covid, Artmyn’s Biometric Art Passport is a key missing ingredient for marketing art online. As an early adopter of Artmyn’s immersive technology, Invaluable is excited to host this remarkable Monet masterpiece, now online at Invaluable.com, from acclaimed auction house Rouillac.”
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Dieppe
Oil on canvas
60 x 74 cm / 23.5 x 29.5 inches
This work, to be sold on June 6 at the Garden Party sale of the Rouillac House and accessible on Invaluable live bidding platform, is accompanied by a BAP (Biometric Art Passport) which will be provided to the buyer.
About Artmyn
Created at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Artmyn develops technological tools that revolutionize the visualization of works of art on screen. It also facilitates their promotion and ensures their security.
Using its new generation of scanners and algorithms, Artmyn extracts the unique characteristics of a work of art – its “DNA” – under different light sources. It generates immersive films and interactive 5D images that can be interacted with from any screen, anywhere in the world.
Together with recognized expert restorers, Artmyn has created algorithmic tools to precisely follow the evolution of the state of conservation of works of art, as well as a new generation of e-Catalogs and digital condition reports.
For more information, visit https://www.artmyn.com/ and follow us on Facebook and Instagram
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About the Rouillac auction house
In 1989, on the advice of the Marquise de Brantes, the Rouillac auction house organized its very first “French garden party”. In just a few years, this annual event became the most prestigious auction in the province.
Unparalleled treasure hunters, auctioneers Philippe and Aymeric Rouillac present their finds every year: Mazarin’s chest, the collections of the singer Barbara, Picasso’s publisher, historical memories of the War of Independence donated by George Washington and Louis XVI, paintings by Monet, Cranach and Vlaminck have all obtained record prices there.
For more information, visit https://www.rouillac.com/ and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @aymrouillac
About Invaluable
Invaluable is the world’s leading online marketplace for fine art, antiques and collectibles auctions. With over 5,000 of the world’s premier auction houses on its platforms, Invaluable enables more than 4 million collectors around the world to discover and acquire objects they are passionate about, with convenience and reliability.
In the latest 12 months, Invaluable generated $900 million in demand and $400 million of purchases online. As the auction industry grows more global, mobile and transparent, Invaluable provides auction houses with the technology and marketing solutions necessary to succeed in the ever-changing digital landscape, including the Artmyn scanner.
For more information, visit https://www.invaluable.com.
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