types for location: 

[former Owner]

[former Repository]

[owner]

[repository]

source codes:

[TGN]

Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Library of Congress:

[LCSH]

Subject headings

Definition:

The name and geographic location of the repository that is currently responsible for the work. If the work is lost, destroyed, has location unknown, or the work is in an anonymous private collection, indicate this

Wikicatalog Use:

Data Values: TGN, BHA index, LCSH, Grove Dictionary of Art Location Appendix. Use of a separate Locations Authority, with data values populated from controlled vocabulary sources, is recommended. See CCO A2: Geographic Place Authority for further discussion about the role of a Geographic Place Authority

VRA Core 4: <location>

CCO: Part TWO: Chapter 5: Current location

CDWA: Current location

Dublin Core: Coverage

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Examples:

Musée du Louvre

CanalettoBacinoSanMarcoBostonMFA Boston Museum of Fine Arts

DemuthFigure5inGold Metropolitan Museum of Art