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

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  • The Metlive

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

  • Clevelandlive

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

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2 of 2 providers answered live. 30 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "A Drop Too Much, from the Jokes series ("12 records

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Pinaculu Termar (sic), from a series depicting (reconstructed) buildings from Roman antiquity by Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pinaculu Termar (sic), from a series depicting (reconstructed) buildings from Roman antiquity

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (d. 1600)

ca. 1530–50 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pinaculu Termar, from a Series of Prints depicting (reconstructed) Buildings from Roman Antiquity by Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pinaculu Termar, from a Series of Prints depicting (reconstructed) Buildings from Roman Antiquity

Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop (d. 1535)

Plate ca. 1530–1550 · Engraving [plate has very sharp edges]

Cleared · Public Domain

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Cross-Section of Round Temple [Pinaculu Termar], from "Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles" by Lambert Suavius, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cross-Section of Round Temple [Pinaculu Termar], from "Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles"

Lambert Suavius (d. 1576)

1554 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pair of Ear Guards from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair of Ear Guards from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1525–30 · Steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco) by Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco)

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) (d. 1641)

1612–14 · Charcoal highlighted with white chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Snaffle Bit by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snaffle Bit

Unrecorded maker

late 16th–17th century · Iron alloy

Cleared · Public Domain

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Armchair (fauteuil à la reine) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Armchair (fauteuil à la reine)

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1690–1710 · Carved and gilded walnut, late 17th-century wool velvet (not original)

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Drop Too Much, from the Jokes series (N87) for Duke brand cigarettes by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Drop Too Much, from the Jokes series (N87) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)

1890 · Commercial color lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Time is Money / A Drop Too Much, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Time is Money / A Drop Too Much, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco

W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)

ca. 1891 · Commercial color lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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No 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.

1/8 Black

Ben Blount (d. 9999)

2017 · Letterpress from wood type

In copyright

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No 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.

3/5 Of All Persons

Ben Blount (d. 9999)

2017 · Letterpress from wood type

In copyright

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No 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.

One Drop Rule

Ben Blount (d. 9999)

2017 · Letterpress from wood type

In copyright

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