Statistical analysis of digital photos of paintings can reveal forgeries

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posted Nov 23 @ 01:35 PM by Jason Kottke · gift link

Statistical analysis of digital photos of paintings can reveal forgeries. Each artist has a statistically distinct “signature” and even multiple artists contributing to one work can be differentiated.