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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

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

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

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Results for "B, from "Sketches""12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Architectual (?) Sketches (from Sketchbook) by James McNeill Whistler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Architectual (?) Sketches (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1854–55 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sheet of Sketches by Nicolas-François Chifflart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheet of Sketches

Nicolas-François Chifflart (d. 1901)

1865 · Print, etching

Cleared · CC0

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Four sketches (from Sketchbook) by James McNeill Whistler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Four sketches (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1854–55 · Brown ink, gouache and graphite on greenish-brown wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fort George Island, Florida by Thomas Moran, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fort George Island, Florida

Thomas Moran (d. 1926)

1878 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Tree (from McGuire Scrapbook) by E. B. B., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tree (from McGuire Scrapbook)

E. B. B. (d. 9999)

1900 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of Mr. Shippard by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Mr. Shippard

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1776 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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.

A, from "Sketches"

Cy Twombly (d. 2011)

1967–75 · Etching

In copyright

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Portrait of M. de Viapre by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of M. de Viapre

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1776 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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.

B, from "Sketches"

Cy Twombly (d. 2011)

1967–75 · Etching

In copyright

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Portrait of Mr. Gambier by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Mr. Gambier

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1776 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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.

C, from "Sketches"

Cy Twombly (d. 2011)

1967–75 · Etching

In copyright

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Portrait of Charlotte Bertie, née Warren, 4th Countess of Abingdon by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Charlotte Bertie, née Warren, 4th Countess of Abingdon

John I Smart (d. 1811)

1778 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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2. Read the arithmetic

Six weighted factors: the institution's own claim, the creator's term, the publication-age rule, the restrictions in their statement, your use, and whether a credit line is even possible.

3. Seal and export

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