Get a Harding Certificate of Authenticity for your painting (COA) for your Harding drawing.

For all your Harding artworks you need a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) in order to sell, to insure or to donate for a tax deduction.

Getting a Harding Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is easy. Just send us photos and dimensions and tell us what you know about the origin or history of your Harding painting or drawing.

If you want to sell your Harding painting or drawing use our selling services. We offer Harding selling help, selling advice, private treaty sales and full brokerage.

We have been authenticating Harding and issuing certificates of authenticity since 2002. We are recognized Harding experts and Harding certified appraisers. We issue COAs and appraisals for all Harding artworks.

Our Harding paintings and drawings authentications are accepted and respected worldwide.

Each COA is backed by in-depth research and analysis authentication reports.

The Harding certificates of authenticity we issue are based on solid, reliable and fully referenced art investigations, authentication research, analytical work and forensic studies.

We are available to examine your Harding painting or drawing anywhere in the world.

You will generally receive your certificates of authenticity and authentication report within two weeks. Some complicated cases with difficult to research Harding paintings or drawings take longer.

Our clients include Harding collectors, investors, tax authorities, insurance adjusters, appraisers, valuers, auctioneers, Federal agencies and many law firms.

We perform Chester Harding art authentication, appraisal, certificates of authenticity (COA), analysis, research, scientific tests, full art authentications. We will help you sell your Chester Harding or we will sell it for you.

Chester Harding was an early American painter born in Conway, Massachusetts. He grew up in New York and at the age of 21 became a drummer in the militia. He held a number of odd jobs painting houses and signs, and taught himself how to paint and draw.

Eventually, Harding went on the road and became an itinerant portrait painter, working all over New England and mainly in Philadelphia. Harding also traveled to the south and Missouri and Kentucky in search of patrons, and spent a great deal of time in Massachusetts.

After securing a number of commissions, Harding had enough money to attend classes at the Philadelphia Academy of Design. Later, he traveled to London where he set up a studio. While in London, he found great success as a portrait painter and found patrons among the royals and the nobles.

Even though Harding did not have a great deal of experience and education, he quickly became a fairly popular and in demand portrait painter. Once he returned to the United States, Harding settled in Boston and continued to paint portraits of wealthy and prominent men and women of his time until his death in 1866.

Today, Harding’s portraits are housed in public and private collections all over the United States and England, and perhaps in your own home. Still wondering about an heirloom portrait hanging in your family’s estate? Contact us…it could be by Chester Harding.