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

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

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Results for "Colophons to Two Paintings"12 records

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Stag Hunt by Huang Zongdao, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stag Hunt

Huang Zongdao (d. 1120)

1234 · Handscroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Paintings after Ancient Masters by Chen Hongshou, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Paintings after Ancient Masters

Chen Hongshou (d. 1652)

1598–1652 · Painting, Double album with twenty-two leaves; ink or ink and color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Buddhist Temples amid Autumn Mountains by Unidentified artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Buddhist Temples amid Autumn Mountains

Unidentified artist

14th–15th century · Handscroll; ink and pale color on silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Two nuns teaching lay women, colophon page of folio 167 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Two nuns teaching lay women, colophon page of folio 167 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya

Unrecorded maker

1278 · Painting, Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

Cleared · CC0

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Two Children Teasing a Cat by Annibale Carracci, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Children Teasing a Cat

Annibale Carracci (d. 1609)

1588 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Buddha's Conversion of Five Bhiksu by Li Sheng, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Buddha's Conversion of Five Bhiksu

Li Sheng (d. 1375)

mid-1300s · Painting, handscroll; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Portrait of Li Xiangjun by Cui He, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Li Xiangjun

Cui He (d. 1850)

dated 1817 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Ninth Day Literary Gathering at Xing’an [Temporary Retreat] by Fang Shishu, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Ninth Day Literary Gathering at Xing’an [Temporary Retreat]

Fang Shishu (d. 1751)

1743 · Painting, Handscroll; ink and color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Sparrow and Bamboo by Sakai Hōitsu, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sparrow and Bamboo

Sakai Hōitsu (d. 1828)

ca. 1821 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 6 by Fan Qi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 6

Fan Qi (d. 1694)

early 1650s · Painting, album leaf, ink and color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Two Cranes by Itō Jakuchū, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Cranes

Itō Jakuchū (d. 1800)

1795 · Hanging scroll; ink on silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Lay Disciple: Folio 141 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya by Devachandra, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Lay Disciple: Folio 141 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya

Devachandra

1287 · Painting, Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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