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Rights clearance desk for images

A painting can be out of copyright and thephotograph of it can still be protected.

Museums publish two different things about the same artwork: whether the work is in copyright, and whether their picture of it is. OpenPlate reads both, does the arithmetic on the published term, and shows you the sentence behind every point of the score.

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  • The Metlive

    266 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

  • Clevelandlive

    299 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "A Couple Addressed by a Lute Player, pla"5 records

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A Couple Addressed by a Lute Player, plate 2 from "The Masquerades" by Jacques de Gheyn II, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Couple Addressed by a Lute Player, plate 2 from "The Masquerades"

Jacques de Gheyn II (d. 1629)

1595–96 · Engraving; first state of three

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scene with Galants at a Banquet in a Circle at Center by Theodor de Bry, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scene with Galants at a Banquet in a Circle at Center

Theodor de Bry (d. 1598)

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork

Cleared · Public Domain

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To Each His Own Pastime (Elck Sijn Tijt-Verdrijff) by Adriaen van de Venne, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

To Each His Own Pastime (Elck Sijn Tijt-Verdrijff)

Adriaen van de Venne (d. 1662)

ca. 1632 (?) · Red chalk; verso: the design partially traced in red-brown chalk and wash

Cleared · Public Domain

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Paris Diligence by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Paris Diligence

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1810 · Hand-colored etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Banjo by Hercules McCord, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Banjo

Hercules McCord (d. 1890)

ca. 1884 · Metal, parchment

Cleared · Public Domain

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