A certificate of authenticity for every artwork sold
The certificate travels with the work after the sale. It identifies it and gives the buyer a signed, dated document they can verify online.
What the buyer actually does with it
The certificate is not a decorative paper. It matters most when the work has to be justified — sometimes years later.
Insuring the work
To insure a work, the buyer often provides the certificate, the purchase invoice and photographs. The clearer the file, the easier the declared value is to defend.
Passing on or reselling
At a resale or transfer, the certificate gives future buyers, heirs or an expert a clear starting point on the artwork's declared origin.
Establishing provenance
Galleries, auction houses and collectors look at the documents that follow a work. A signed certificate, handed over with the original invoice, lays a clean trail from the very first sale.
The information to include
A good certificate describes the work, identifies the artist and stays verifiable. MycreArt brings these elements together for you.
Artwork identification
Exact title, medium, dimensions in centimeters and inches, year of creation, inventory number if you use one, a photo of the work and the location of your signature on it. For a limited edition, the print number (no. 2/30) is taken from the artwork sheet and frozen on the certificate.
Artist identification
Artist name or full name, city and country, and your professional identifiers — SIRET, Maison des Artistes number — if they are filled in on your profile. The goal is for a third party to clearly identify you as the author of the work.
Date and signature
The date of issue and your signature. These are what show the document truly comes from you and put your name behind it.
Means of verification
A unique number and a QR code let the buyer, an insurer or a future acquirer consult the certificate's frozen information online.
What does not belong on it: the price and the buyer's name. The certificate follows the work for its whole life, including through resales — the price and the buyer's identity belong on the invoice, not the certificate. It is the most common mistake on home-made certificates, and MycreArt naturally keeps the two documents separate.
Generate a certificate in three steps
From the artwork sheet, you get a clean, signed, verifiable PDF — without redoing any layout by hand.
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Open the sheet
From your dashboard, open the relevant artwork sheet. Check that it has at least one photo and its dimensions.
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Generate the PDF
Click "Generate certificate". The PDF includes the photo, title, medium, dimensions, your signature, the date and a unique QR code.
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Hand it to the buyer
Download the PDF in French or English and hand it over with the invoice — or attach it to the buyer email under your settings once payment clears. The copy stays in your records.
A work can only have one valid certificate at a time. The signature is set once in your profile, then used for all your certificates.
What MycreArt handles
A certificate is more useful when it stays readable, dated and verifiable. Here is what the workspace prepares for you.
Verification QR code
Every certificate carries a unique QR code. The buyer scans it to open a public page with the certificate's frozen information — with no need to sign in.
Built-in signature
Your uploaded signature, or your name in a handwritten script, is added to the certificate. You keep a consistent look from one work to the next.
Frozen information
The certificate keeps the information from the day it is created — photo included. Edit the artwork sheet, or delete it: the certificate already issued stays stable and verifiable, whatever happens to the work in your workspace.
Revocable on error
In case of error or dispute, you revoke the certificate with a reason. The verification page then states it clearly, and the work becomes eligible for a new certificate again.
French or English
You choose the PDF language at download. This is useful for a foreign buyer, a gallery or an international sale.
Verifiable over time
The page linked to the QR stays accessible to the buyer, even if your Pro subscription is paused: it reads a frozen copy of the information. Creating or re-downloading a certificate from your workspace requires an active Pro subscription.
Frequently asked questions
There is no single model imposed on every artist. However, the information given at the time of sale engages your responsibility, in particular regarding the author, the origin and the nature of the work. And you, the living artist, are the most legitimate source to certify your own work — no one else can do it better. In practice, many buyers, galleries and insurers ask for a certificate.
The photo of the work, its title, medium, dimensions, year of creation, inventory number if you have one, your artist information, your signature, the date of issue, a certificate number and a verification QR code.
Yes. The QR code on the PDF opens a public page with the artwork's information and the certificate's status, accessible without signing in. The buyer can consult it later, for example for insurance or a resale.
As long as your Pro subscription is active, the PDF stays downloadable from your workspace; the verification page tied to the QR code remains continuously accessible to the buyer. To send a document again, share a copy: avoid creating a second original with the same number.
Yes. From your dashboard, you revoke the certificate by stating the reason: incorrect information, work destroyed, dispute. The verification page then displays a warning. Since a work can only have one valid certificate at a time, it becomes eligible for a new certificate again after revocation.
The insurer often asks for the certificate of authenticity, the purchase invoice, photographs and the exact dimensions. What matters most is that the information stays consistent from one document to another.
State the print number and the total edition size (no. 2/30) — on the work and on the certificate, which automatically carries over the numbering from the artwork sheet. Keep the customary ceilings in mind to stay within the scope of an original work: in photography, 30 prints across all formats; for a bronze, 8 casts plus 4 artist's proofs. Beyond that, it is a reproduction, and the document must say so.
What gives a certificate its value is who stands behind it. When the living artist certifies their own work, signs the document and makes it verifiable online, the buyer can find the certificate's frozen information and status in one scan. Blockchain answers a different problem — tracing works whose author can no longer attest, or that change hands often. For a work bought directly from the artist, your signature is what carries authority.
Related guides
The certificate accompanies the sale; these guides cover the rest of the artwork's file.
Issue an invoice
The invoice completes the certificate: what is sold, to whom, at what price.
Sell directly
Finalize a studio or fair sale, with a clear record.
Consign to a gallery
A clean consignment slip before entrusting your works to a gallery.
Keep your inventory
The artwork sheet feeds the certificate: title, dimensions, photo.
Print QR labels
Print-ready labels with QR codes pointing to your works on show.
Track your sales
Keep a clear record of every sale, with the supporting document.
Hand over a clear, signed, verifiable certificate
From the artwork sheet, generate a signed PDF with a verification QR, in French or English. Pro mode unlocks creation and download.