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{{Short description|Convention for titles of copied artworks}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}After is an art convention used in the titles and inscriptions of artworks to credit the original artist in the title of the copy.TECH REPORT, Art Libraries Society of North America, Visual Resources Association, 16 Sep 2021, Attribution Qualifiers for Artists’ Names,assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/arlisna/pdfs-and-documents/Section_Cataloging/attribution_qualifiers.pdf, PDF, Westford, Massachusetts, 31 July 2022, BOOK, Mayer, Ralph, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble Books, Ethnologica Helvetica, 1981, 978-0-06-463531-8, 1040903097, 8, Often the title of the original work is retained, for example an interpretation by Rembrandt of da Vinci’s The Last Supper becomes The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci.WEB, The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met, New York City,www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459194, 13 July 2022, 5 April 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210405021855/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459194, live, WEB,www.invaluable.com/blog/old-master-copies/, After the Masters: Understanding and Collecting Old Master Copies, Invaluable LLC, Allston, Massachusetts, 24 October 2017, 13 July 2022, 30 April 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190430171533/https://www.invaluable.com/blog/old-master-copies/, live, The addendum, sometimes termed an attribution qualifier, may be used by the artist making the copy or a later curator or academic and features in the linked records that make up the Cultural Objects Name Authority.WEB, Harpring, Patricia,www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/cona_intro.pdf, Cultural Objects Name Authority: Introduction and Overview, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, June 2022, 1 Aug 2022, 137, The term may be used regardless of how similar the two works appear.WEB,www.abebooks.com/art/glossary-of-art-terms/, Art Terms from A to Z, AbeBooks, Victoria, British Columbia, 8 June 2021, 13 July 2022, 2 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211102070912/https://www.abebooks.com/art/glossary-of-art-terms/, live, Curators have sometimes referred to the resulting imitation works as “after-[original artist’s name]s”, with works inspired by Albrecht Dürer being after-Dürers.PRESS RELEASE, Dürer & After Exhibition at The Clark Art Institute Presents a Fresh Look at the Printmaker’s Brilliance and Influence on Later Artists,www.clarkart.edu/about/press-room/press-room-archives/2021-archives/durer-after, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Clark Art Institute, 28 June 2021, 13 July 2022, 26 July 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210726234124/https://www.clarkart.edu/About/Press-Room/Press-Room-Archives/2021-Archives/Durer-After, live, In some instances, artists have signed works made after the manner of their own indicating their approval of the copy.WEB,seasideart.com/blogs/blog/after-what-does-this-art-term-mean, “After” – What Does This Art Term Mean?, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, North Carolina, 27 December 2018, 13 July 2022, 15 July 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220715225926/https://seasideart.com/blogs/blog/after-what-does-this-art-term-mean, live, Notable examples of the convention in use“>

Notable examples{| class“wikitable sortable” Notable examples of the convention in use

! Title !! Artist !! Date !! Medium !! Title (based on) !! Artist (based on) !! Date (based on) !! Medium (based on) !! {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}}

The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci >

Rembrandt >

Sanguine>red chalk

‘’The Last Supper (Leonardo)

’’ >

Leonardo da Vinci >

1495}}{{circa

1498}}

mural

HTTP://WWW.ARTLEX.COM/ >TITLE=ARTLEX ART DICTIONARY

ACCESS-DATE=9 JULY 2022

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20151115092651/HTTP://WWW.ARTLEX.COM/, 15 November 2015,

Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng >

Wang Hui (Qing dynasty)>Wang Hui

1694

ink wash painting

Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains

Wang Meng (painter)

>

1309}}{{circa

1385}}

ink wash painting

TALL BAMBOO AND DISTANT MOUNTAINS, AFTER WANG MENG>URL=HTTPS://CLEVELANDART.ORG/ART/1953.629

ACCESS-DATE=13 JULY 2022

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART>LOCATION=CLEVELAND, OHIO

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20210507232110/HTTPS://WWW.CLEVELANDART.ORG/ART/1953.629

PAGES=159

URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=ODA1AAAAMAAJ&PG=PA159

YEAR=1964

MUSEUM OF FAR EASTERN ANTIQUITIES, STOCKHOLM > ACCESS-DATE=13 JULY 2022

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220715225926/HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=ODA1AAAAMAAJ&PG=PA159, live,

Christ on the Cross after Rubens >

Edwin Landseer >

trois crayons >

Christ on the Cross (Rubens)>Christ on the Cross

Peter Paul Rubens

1619–1620

Oil painting

>

SOTHEBY’S > LOCATION=LONDON

DATE=10 AUGUST 2018

ARCHIVE-DATE=25 FEBRUARY 2021

URL-STATUS=LIVE, CHRIST ON THE CROSS AFTER RUBENS > PUBLISHER=ROYAL COLLECTION

URL=HTTPS://WWW.RCT.UK/COLLECTION/917333/CHRIST-ON-THE-CROSS-AFTER-RUBENS

ARCHIVE-DATE=15 JULY 2022

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

The Rape of the Sabine Women#Edgar Degas>The Abduction of the Sabine Women (after Poussin)

Edgar Degas

1861–1862

Oil painting

>

The Rape of the Sabine Women#Nicolas Poussin>L’enlèvement des Sabines

Nicolas Poussin

1637–1638

Oil painting

>

FIRST1=CHLOE

SOTHEBY’S > LOCATION=LONDON

DATE=22 AUGUST 2017

ARCHIVE-DATE=18 JUNE 2021

URL-STATUS=LIVE, THE ABDUCTION OF THE SABINE WOMEN (AFTER NICOLAS POUSSIN)S > PUBLISHER=NORTON SIMON MUSEUM

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA > URL=HTTPS://WWW.NORTONSIMON.ORG/ART/DETAIL/F.1983.06.P/

ARCHIVE-DATE=19 APRIL 2022

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

Still Life with a Sketch after Delacroix >

Paul Gauguin >

Oil painting>oil on canvas

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Eugène Delacroix

{{Hs

1838

Oil painting>oil on paper

NATURE MORTE à L’ESQUISSE DE DELACROIX > PUBLISHER=STRASBOURG MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

URL=HTTPS://WWW.MUSEES.STRASBOURG.EU/-UVRE-MAMCS/-/ENTITY/ID/219918

ACCESS-DATE=13 JULY 2022

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20210608111714/HTTPS://WWW.MUSEES.STRASBOURG.EU/-UVRE-MAMCS/-/ENTITY/ID/219918, live,

Copies by Vincent van Gogh#Copies after Jean-François Millet>First Steps (after Millet)

Vincent van Gogh

1890

Oil painting

>

First Steps >

Jean-François Millet >

1859}}{{circa

1866}}

chalk and Oil pastel

on paper >

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART>THE MET

URL=HTTPS://WWW.METMUSEUM.ORG/ART/COLLECTION/SEARCH/436526

ARCHIVE-DATE=10 MAY 2022

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X >

Francis Bacon (artist)>Francis Bacon

1953

Oil painting

>

Portrait of Innocent X>Retrato de Inocencio X

Diego Velázquez

{{Hs

1650}}

Oil painting

>

DES MOINES ART CENTER > LOCATION=DES MOINES, IOWA

ACCESS-DATE=13 JULY 2022

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220715225927/HTTPS://EMUSEUM.DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG/OBJECTS/38136/STUDY-AFTER-VELAZQUEZS-PORTRAIT-OF-POPE-INNOCENT-X?CTX=993427687FBE377E99291C93794DA322D0F2894C&IDX=2, live,

Luncheon on the Grass, after Manet >

Pablo Picasso >

Linocut>linoleum cut

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe

Édouard Manet

1863

Oil painting

>

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART > LOCATION=NEW YORK CITY

URL=HTTPS://WWW.MOMA.ORG/COLLECTION/WORKS/78078

ARCHIVE-DATE=22 APRIL 2021

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

After Walker Evans: 4 >

Sherrie Levine >

Gelatin silver process>photograph

Alabama Tenant Farmer Wife (Allie Mae Burroughs)

Walker Evans

1936

Gelatin silver process

>

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART>THE MET

URL=HTTPS://WWW.METMUSEUM.ORG/ART/COLLECTION/SEARCH/284685

ARCHIVE-DATE=20 MARCH 2022

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

Las Meninas (Self-Portrait after Velázquez) >

Joel-Peter Witkin >

Gelatin silver process>photograph

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

1656

Oil painting

>

ACCESS-DATE=13 JULY 2022

MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFíA>LOCATION=MADRID

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211030022059/HTTPS://WWW.MUSEOREINASOFIA.ES/EN/COLLECTION/ARTWORK/MENINAS-SELF-PORTRAIT-AFTER-VELAZQUEZ, live,

A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) >

Jeff Wall >

Ilfochrome>Cibachrome photograph

Ejiri in Suruga Province (Travellers caught in a sudden breeze at Ejiri)

Hokusai

{{Hs

1830

Woodblock printing in Japan>woodblock print

A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND (AFTER HOKUSAI)>URL=HTTPS://WWW.TATE.ORG.UK/ART/ARTWORKS/WALL-A-SUDDEN-GUST-OF-WIND-AFTER-HOKUSAI-T06951

DATE=JULY 2003

PUBLISHER=TATE

ARCHIVE-DATE=24 MARCH 2022

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

See also

• Homage (arts)
• Appropriation (art)
• Imitation (art)

References

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Further reading

• BOOK, Cennini, Cennino, Cennino Cennini, Goldwater, Robert, Robert Goldwater, Traves, Marco, Artists on Art, from the XIV to the XX Century, New York City, Pantheon Books, 1945, 1390, 0394709004,
• BOOK, Radermecker, Anne-Sophie, Anonymous Art at Auction, A Name, Indirectly: The Authentication Scale and the Economy of Attribution Qualifiers, Leiden, Brill Publishers, BRILL, 11 May 2021, 113–169, 10.1163/9789004460201_007, 9789004450042, 236560722,

External links

• Q and Art: Copies of Artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
• After (attribution qualifier) in the Getty Vocabulary Program
• After in the Glossary of Art-Related Terms by Essential Vermeer

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