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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

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

  • Clevelandlive

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

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Results for "Compass"12 records

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Compass or divider, fragment by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Compass or divider, fragment

Unrecorded maker

330 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Miniature Table with Compass by House of Fabergé, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Miniature Table with Compass

House of Fabergé (d. 1918)

c. 1890–95 · Miscellaneous, gold, enamel, glass, steel

Cleared · CC0

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Compass or divider, fragment by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Compass or divider, fragment

Unrecorded maker

330 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Holy Family on the Steps by Nicolas Poussin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Holy Family on the Steps

Nicolas Poussin (d. 1665)

1648 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Compass or divider, fragment by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Compass or divider, fragment

Unrecorded maker

330 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Matthew by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Matthew

Unrecorded maker

1057–1063 · Manuscript, tempera and gold on vellum

Cleared · CC0

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Beam compass by Christopher Trechsler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beam compass

Christopher Trechsler (d. 1624)

1619 · Brass gilt

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Builder of Boats by John George Brown, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Builder of Boats

John George Brown (d. 1913)

c. 1904 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Portable compass dial by Claude Dunod, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portable compass dial

Claude Dunod (d. 1775)

1714 · Gilded brass, silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke

Unrecorded maker

1057–1063 · Manuscript, ink, tempera and gold on vellum

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar
Portable compass dial by Johann Klocksperger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portable compass dial

Johann Klocksperger (d. 1750)

late 17th–early 18th century · Brass, silver-plated

Cleared · Public Domain

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Butterfield Sundial by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Butterfield Sundial

Unrecorded maker

1700s · Silver, silver

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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