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

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

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Funerary Stela of the God's-Father, Nesikhonsu by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Funerary Stela of the God's-Father, Nesikhonsu

Unrecorded maker

664–525 BCE · Limestone, paint, gold leaf

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bowl with a Majlis Scene by a Pond by Abu Zayd al-Kashani, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bowl with a Majlis Scene by a Pond

Abu Zayd al-Kashani

dated 582 AH/1186 CE · Stonepaste; glazed in opaque turquoise, polychrome in-glaze- and overglaze- painted

Cleared · Public Domain

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Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso) by Leonardo da Vinci, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso)

Leonardo da Vinci (d. 1519)

1496 · Pen and brown ink (recto and verso)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Seated Hercules in the act of shooting at the stymphalian birds by Vittore Gambello, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Hercules in the act of shooting at the stymphalian birds

Vittore Gambello (d. 1537)

ca. 1515–20 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Peytral and Crupper Plates by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peytral and Crupper Plates

Unrecorded maker

early 16th century · Leather, gesso, pigment

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tupu by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tupu

Unrecorded maker

Before 17th century · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée) by Paul Gudin Le Jeune, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée)

Paul Gudin Le Jeune (d. 1755)

clock ca. 1750, figures decorated ca. 1737/38 · Case: hard-paste and soft-paste porcelain, with gilded-bronze mounts; Dial: white enamel with blue numerals for hours and blue numerals for minutes; Movement: brass and steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Gentleman Taking Leave of His Lady on a Veranda by Suzuki Harunobu, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gentleman Taking Leave of His Lady on a Veranda

Suzuki Harunobu (d. 1770)

1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Eight-Day Tall Case Clock with Musical Movement by Daniel Burnap, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eight-Day Tall Case Clock with Musical Movement

Daniel Burnap (d. 1838)

1790–95 · Cherry, pine, brass, glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of a Man by Gustave Courbet, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man

Gustave Courbet (d. 1877)

probably ca. 1862 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Smith & Wesson .44 Double-Action Frontier Model Revolver decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 8401), with Case and Cleaning Rod by Smith & Wesson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smith & Wesson .44 Double-Action Frontier Model Revolver decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 8401), with Case and Cleaning Rod

Smith & Wesson (d. 9999)

ca. 1893 · Steel, silver, ivory, textile (chamois), wood (California laurel)

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.

The Block Head

Ed Kienholz (d. 1994)

1983 · Concrete and pumice construction block, fresno lens system, wood, leather, metal, resin, transister radio and incandescent bulb

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