
Old Woman in an Armchair
Jacob Backer (d. 1651)
1639 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
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Where this page got its records
502 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
345 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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Old Woman in an Armchair
Jacob Backer (d. 1651)
1639 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
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Gardner's Gallery, 7th and D Streets, Washington, D.C.
Alexander Gardner (d. 1882)
1864 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Pathetic Song
Thomas Eakins (d. 1916)
1881 · Watercolor on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Fish
William Merritt Chase (d. 1916)
by 1910 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo 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.
Violin and Bow
Jefferson D. Chalfant (d. 1931)
1889 · Oil on canvas
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Lemuel Maynard Wiles
Irving Ramsey Wiles (d. 1948)
1904 · Oil on canvas
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Italian Hill Town
Arthur B. Davies (d. 1928)
ca. 1925 · Oil on canvas
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Wild Weather
Frederick J. Waugh (d. 1940)
ca. 1930 · Oil on masonite
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Corcoran Art Gallery from Washington, D.C. souvenir views (W500)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1930–40 · Commercial photolithograph
In copyright
liveNo 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 Seeing-Eye Men
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1971
In copyright
liveNo 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.
[128 Items of Correspondence from Various Museums and Galleries, Including Letters, Exhibition Notices, Invoices, and Brochures: Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery, George Eastman House, Katonah Gallery, Emily Lowe Gallery, The Print Club, Schoelkopf Gallery, Smithsonian, Stonington Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, and Others]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1948–74
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Billowing Lights (Opening of Exhibition of Photographs from the Collection of Sam Wagstaff at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
Bill Arnold (d. 9999)
1978 · Microfilm reader/printer machine print
In copyright
live1. Pin the work
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3. Seal and export
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