diff --git a/backend/app/services/provenance_service.py b/backend/app/services/provenance_service.py
index 52f7cd7..ac9d7da 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/provenance_service.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/provenance_service.py
@@ -65,3 +65,20 @@ class ProvenanceService:
                 for ip, post, src, art in rows
             ],
         }
+
+    async def for_post(self, post_id: int) -> dict | None:
+        stmt = (
+            select(Post, Source, Artist)
+            .join(Source, Source.id == Post.source_id)
+            .join(Artist, Artist.id == Source.artist_id)
+            .where(Post.id == post_id)
+        )
+        row = (await self.session.execute(stmt)).first()
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        post, src, art = row
+        return {
+            "post": _post_dict(post),
+            "source": _source_dict(src),
+            "artist": _artist_dict(art),
+        }
diff --git a/tests/test_provenance_service.py b/tests/test_provenance_service.py
index 4f7987e..5670eb4 100644
--- a/tests/test_provenance_service.py
+++ b/tests/test_provenance_service.py
@@ -129,3 +129,27 @@ async def test_for_image_null_post_fields_serialize_null(db):
     assert e["post"]["title"] is None
     assert e["post"]["description_html"] is None
     assert e["post"]["attachment_count"] is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_for_post_missing_returns_none(db):
+    svc = ProvenanceService(db)
+    assert await svc.for_post(999999) is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_for_post_returns_post_source_artist(db):
+    artist, source, post = await _seed_post(
+        db, artist_name="Carol", slug="carol", platform="patreon",
+        ext_id="77", title="T", desc="<p>d</p>", count=3,
+    )
+    svc = ProvenanceService(db)
+    payload = await svc.for_post(post.id)
+    assert payload["post"]["id"] == post.id
+    assert payload["post"]["title"] == "T"
+    assert payload["post"]["description_html"] == "<p>d</p>"
+    assert payload["post"]["attachment_count"] == 3
+    assert payload["source"] == {"id": source.id, "platform": "patreon",
+                                 "url": source.url}
+    assert payload["artist"] == {"id": artist.id, "name": "Carol",
+                                 "slug": "carol"}