
Cain murdering Abel, plate 2 from "The Story of Cain and Abel"
Johann Sadeler I (d. 1601)
1576 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Cain murdering Abel, plate 2 from "The Story of Cain and Abel"
Johann Sadeler I (d. 1601)
1576 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Portrait of Mrs. Nathaniel Bailey, née Lamack
John I Smart (d. 1811)
c. 1776 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper in a modern gold frame
Cleared · CC0
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Cain murdering Abel, plate 2 from "The Story of Cain and Abel"
Johann Sadeler I (d. 1601)
1576 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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The hazards of shaking a plum tree too vigorously, when one too is mature.
Honoré Daumier (d. 1879)
1845 · Print, lithograph
Cleared · CC0
live![New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Compass, plate 2 by Jan Collaert I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP841121.jpg)
New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Compass, plate 2
Jan Collaert I (d. 1581)
ca. 1600 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Album of Miscellaneous Subjects
Fan Qi (d. 1694)
early 1650s · Painting, album of ten leaves; ink and light color on silk
Cleared · CC0
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The Servants of Absalom killing Amnon (2 Samuel 13, 28-29); verso: Sketch of a seated woman
Karel van Mander I (d. 1606)
late 16th–early 17th century · Pen and brown ink, brown wash; verso: black chalk. Two framing lines in pen and brown ink
Cleared · Public Domain
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Self-Portrait Frowning: Bust
Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1669)
1630 · Print, etching
Cleared · CC0
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Uriah Before David, from the Story of David and Bathsheba, Plate 2
Johann Sadeler I (d. 1601)
1585 · Engraving
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
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David Smith (d. 1965)
1953 · Brush and black ink on paper
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
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James Welling (d. 9999)
1980 · Gelatin silver print
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
2-29 II
James Welling (d. 9999)
1980 · Gelatin silver print
In copyright
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