What does reattribute mean?
Reattribute means To change the attribution of; to give credit to someone else for a deed..
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To change the attribution of; to give credit to someone else for a deed..
A magnificent picture of a falcon, long attributed to the 14th-century Chinese animal painter Xu Ze, has recently been reattributed to the 16th-century Korean painter Yi Am, partly on the basis of a seal stamped on the picture's surface.
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Reattribute means To change the attribution of; to give credit to someone else for a deed..
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A magnificent picture of a falcon, long attributed to the 14th-century Chinese animal painter Xu Ze, has recently been reattributed to the 16th-century Korean painter Yi Am, partly on the basis of a seal stamped on the picture's surface.
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