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

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

Getting a Highmore 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 Highmore painting or drawing.

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

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

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

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

The Highmore 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 Highmore 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 Highmore paintings or drawings take longer.

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

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

Joseph Highmore was a portrait and historical painter. Born in London in 1692, he displayed early a strong ability, particularly for the fine arts, which was discouraged by his family, who rather saw him as a solicitor. However, all his spare time was dominated by his favorite pursuit and, upon the ending of his clerkship at the age of seventeen, he abandoned law and resolved to trust in future to his talents as a painter alone for his chance of fame and fortune.

His gamble paid off and he continued to improve his reputation and upon the revival of the order of the Bath in 1725, he was selected to paint the knights in full costume. The years 1732 to 1734 were spent on a tour of the Netherlands and France and on his return to England, he applied himself to perfecting his talent, which continued for the next 50 years of his life, until his death.

Among his best works are biblical “Histories,” historical painting being a style which Highmore had picked up on his travels in France. One such biblical painting is Hagar and Ishmael, which was donated to the Foundling Hospital for the purpose of decorating its Court Room (the room where the Court of Governors met). The painting is still part of the Foundling Hospital art collection and can now be seen at the Foundling Museum in London.

Still wondering about an English painting in your family collection? Contact us…it could be by Joseph Highmore.