Getty records
Exact objects, activities, acquisition parts, stock-book records, actor and place labels, and current relations.
Recorded history / explicit missingness
A record can name a transfer.
It cannot close every gap.
This bounded Getty case follows one exact artwork record through two recorded 1938 activities, then stops where the included evidence stops.
01 / Bounded source cohort
Four records are not one artwork
The objects occur in the same Getty purchase activity. Exact HumanMadeObject URIs and stock numbers keep them distinct—even when two labels both read “Madonna & Child.”
02 / Flagship A1983
Evidence-backed timeline
Solid connections are native source relations. The hatched interval is known missingness: it shows where we cannot safely join the 1938 sale to the current context.
SOURCE RELATION ≠ LEGAL TITLE FINDINGOnto2D preserves Getty's
transferred_title_* and current_owner fields, but makes no legal determination.03 / Native records
What the records say
04 / Identity policy
Are the histories equal?
The answer changes only when you change what “same history” means.
05 / Historical Load
No honest number yet
—NOT EVALUATED
null, not zero06 / Reading discipline
Evidence layers stay visible
Onto2D comparison
Stable identities, bounded projections, and verdicts under five named equivalence regimes.
Gap marker
The interval is shown because evidence is missing. Its contents remain unknown and no transfer is asserted.
Beyond scope
Authenticity, complete ownership, present legal title, restitution, transaction validity, or an acquisition date inferred from an accession number.