{"podcast":{"title":"Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast","slug":"is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217","podcast_index_feed_id":7505217,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/WVp91Ydq","website_url":"https://is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f1ec9843-cc45-45af-b29f-053ac6b37f33/6058e14f-d260-4074-9ed2-6c56f40e92ef/3000x3000/is-20it-20series-20logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Noah Charney","episode_count":14,"summary":"Is It? is a brand new podcast on art history’s mysteries. In each episode, we ask the question of whether a certain painting is by a certain famous artist. These are puzzle paintings, works that have divided and confounded scholars, sometimes for centuries. To answer this question, we bring in a guest expert, a specialist in the artist in question. And we also bring in an expert in AI authentication from Art Recognition. While our guest expert is the star of the show, we’ve also conducted a cutting edge, brand new AI analysis of the painting in question—and we’ll reveal what it says in the final part of this episode. The podcast is hosted by award-winning presenter and best-selling art historian, Professor Noah Charney. We cover suspected works by Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Van Eyck and many more. So subscribe and listen for free wherever you get podcasts to find out: Is it? This series is sponsored by Art Recognition, a Zurich-based AI art analysis firm that tests the works featured in each episode. It is produced by Urska Charney.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T20:20:34.675265+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217"},"episode":{"title":"Is It a Van Dyck? with Professor Nils Büttner","slug":"is-it-a-van-dyck-with-professor-nils-b-ttner","published_at":"2025-09-23T20:21:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217/is-it-a-van-dyck-with-professor-nils-b-ttner","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217","url":"https://is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/is-it-a-van-dyck-STv1PRcT","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/a17eb4b4-f4ee-4603-948b-8b76b9290a7f/episodes/36a9652a-487a-482d-a41e-11fd874a9b98/audio/0d48597f-cef6-4169-9fc1-3c13cfca4712/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WVp91Ydq","summary":"Is it a Van Dyck? That’s the question we seek to answer in this episode. The painting in question is one of several versions of a Portrait of Don Diego Messia Felipe de Guzman, some of which are by Anthony van Dyck. But is this one? To answer this question, my guests for this episode include Prof. Dr. Nils Büttner, a distinguished art historian specializing in the visual culture of Germany and the Netherlands from the 15th to the 17th centuries; and Alita de Feudis, an art historian affiliated with Art Recognition, a Swiss technology company specializing in AI-driven art authentication.","meta_description":"Is it a Van Dyck? That’s the question we seek to answer in this episode. The painting in question is one of several versions of a Portrait of Don Diego Me…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2530,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217/episodes/is-it-a-van-dyck-with-professor-nils-b-ttner/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217/is-it-a-van-dyck-with-professor-nils-b-ttner.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}